100 franc 1939 — Belgium ( Pick: 107 )
Region:
Europe
Front side
Back side
Banknote description
The banknote is a 100 franc issued in Belgium in 1939. It is cataloged under Pick number 107.
The front side design includes a date range of 1.5.1933-15.9.1943, featuring a portrait of Queen Elisabeth at the left, a woman adorned with a crown and fruit at the center, and a portrait of King Albert at the right. The front is colored gray on a light brown underprint. Additional details include "4 signature YDULHWLHV" and the text "%DFN $OOHJRULFDO fiJXUHV DW FHQWHU." The back displays the text ")UHQFK WH[W."
This note has dimensions of 150 x 80 mm and is printed in green on a multicolor underprint. It is signed by Janssen-Sontag, and the watermark features King Leopold I.
The front side design includes a date range of 1.5.1933-15.9.1943, featuring a portrait of Queen Elisabeth at the left, a woman adorned with a crown and fruit at the center, and a portrait of King Albert at the right. The front is colored gray on a light brown underprint. Additional details include "4 signature YDULHWLHV" and the text "%DFN $OOHJRULFDO fiJXUHV DW FHQWHU." The back displays the text ")UHQFK WH[W."
This note has dimensions of 150 x 80 mm and is printed in green on a multicolor underprint. It is signed by Janssen-Sontag, and the watermark features King Leopold I.
Specifications
- Signed by
- Janssen-Sontag
- Date of issue
- 1939
- Colour
- Green on multicolor underprint
- Dimensions
- 150 x 80 mm
- Pick catalog
- 107
About this banknote
The National Bank of Belgium issued the 100 Francs banknote (Pick 107) between 1933 and 1943, during the reign of King Leopold III (1934–1951). This series was introduced to standardize the currency and featured prominent national figures.
The obverse displays portraits of Queen Elisabeth on the left and King Albert I on the right, with an allegorical figure of a woman with a crown and fruit at the center. The reverse features allegorical figures representing the Meuse and Scheldt rivers and the Albert Canal. The banknote measures 179 x 108 mm and includes a watermark of King Leopold I.
