Reference:
Pick: #82 , The Banknote Book: B540 , Other: #M005
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Description
Belgium. National Bank of Belgium. Issue of 1914, series "Current accounts". Banknote issued on 27-08-1914 and withdrawn from circulation on 30-03-1915. 2 francs Type 1914 (Ref. TBB: # B540 or Pick: # 82). Put into circulation on 04-09-1914. Author of the note unknown. Dimensions: 106 x 65 mm. Printer: National Bank of Belgium. Watermark: no. Front and back: printing in brown and gray. Description of the front: a frame of flowers in repetition frames a security background in gray with the numeral value "2" roughly in the center. All texts are printed in French and in brown. Only the banknote number is printed in red. On the left, the text of Law is printed on four lines. The note has two signatures with The Treasurer, Antoine Babau and The Governor, Théophile de Lanstsheere. Back description: flower frame with guilloche patterns in rehearsal and texts in Dutch. The specimen is known with a vertical "SPECIMEN" overprint, dated "27-8-14" and numbered "000,000". Series: A to I. Note printed at 9,200,000 copies.