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Belgian francs of 1929 obverse+reverse
National Bank of Belgium, scan by National Bank of Belgium
1929
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- Museum of the National Bank of Belgium
- Rights
- Belgian franc banknote, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
10,000 Belgian francs (2,000 belgas) of 1929, designed by Constant Montald. The frontside (top) depicts Ceres in a chariot and personifications of science and art at the left. The white central circle contains a watermark, portraying King Leopold I. Below the watermark is Belgian Lion. To the right is Neptune in a chariot and personifications of trade (with caduceus) and industry. The backside (bottom) shows other allegories sowing and harvesting corn.
