100 Francs

Issuer Congo Free State (1885-1908)
Year 1896
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 100 Francs
Currency Franc (1887-1960)
Composition Paper
Size
Shape Rectangular
Printer Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961)
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Reference(s) P#2
Obverse description Black print, with red serial numbers. To the left a woman holding a caduceus, surrounded by boxes and barrels representing trade, with the sea and a boat in the background. To the top right is a lion laying down. These two figures are devided by a text. In both of the top corners and bottom left the value. In the bottom right is the value written out and promissory text belowe, with signatures belowe that.
Obverse lettering ÉTAT INDÉPENDANT DU CONGO CENT FRANCS PAYABLES AU PORTEUR À LA TRÉSORERIE GÉNÉRALE DE L`ETAT
Reverse description Red-brown print. In the center a woman being the personification of Liberty in a round frame. The frame is made of the country name. On each side of the woman is the value written out and in the corners the value in numbers. All on a red-brown pattern background.
Reverse lettering 100 100 CENT ETAT INDEPENDANT DU CONGO CENT 100 100
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Numisquare ID 7670163370
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