Belgium 500 Francs, 1887-1908 P-65

BANQUE NATIONALE 500 500 BRUXELLES, LE 12 JUIN 1907. CINQ CENTS FRANCS PAYABLE À VUE. LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS.

Polychrome printing with dominant blue-violet and red. All texts are in French. Oval frame made up of decorative patterns. Six cherubs and four allegorical figures illustrate the Arts (Music, Painting, etc.) and the Sciences. The labels and values ​​are printed in red. The date, ticket number and signatures are printed in black. At the bottom, we find the text of the Law printed on three lines in a blue frame.

BANQUE NATIONALE H. HENDRICKX A. DOMS SCULP

Blue-violet. In the upper part, a frieze contains the coats of arms of the 9 Belgian provinces (of which only 8 coats of arms are visible!) with the royal crown and the Belgian lion in the center. On the sides two allegories represented by two seated women. In the background, we observe other allegorical characters including a woman driving a chariot pulled by two winged horses.