Banknotes from Belgium

Belgium is a small country located in North-Western Europe comprising of Walloon, Flemish, and German ethnic groups, that is bordering France, the Netherlands, and Germany, known for confectionery and housing the seat of the EU. It was for most of it's history under foreign rule/internal division, until a 1830 uprising resulted in the creation of the nation-state of Belgium, formalized in 1839. The Belgian Franc was part of the Latin Monetary Union founded in 1865, being on par with the French franc among others, but experienced inflation, with zinc coinage being made, during & following it's invasion and occupation by Germany in WWI. The LMU was dissolved in 1927, and the Franc during the interwar years remained somewhat intertwined with the French Franc, with the unit of a Belga (1 Belga= 5 Francs) being introduced in the 1930s. Occupation coins were once again issued in zinc during the German occupation of 1940-44/5 in WWII, with the Franc again reduced in value post-war. Franc coins were briefly issued without a monarch's head in the absence of Léopold III, but continued with modern designs until the adoption of the Euro in 1999.
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Franc (1832-2001)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc • 5 Francs = 1 Belga (1926-1946)

100 Francs
1837

Standard banknote

P# 23, N# 368019
20 Francs
1896-1910

Standard banknote: Type 1894
137 × 88 mm
P# 62, LA# BFB-19, N# 394605
Available for swap 100 Francs
1909-1913

Standard banknote
180 × 103 mm
P# 71, LA# BFB-52, N# 216390
1000 Francs
1909-1921

Standard banknote

P# 73, N# 278573
50 Francs
1909-1926

Standard banknote
160 × 98 mm
P# 68, LA# BFB-37, LA# BFB-38, N# 216385
Available for swap 20 Francs
1910-1920

Standard banknote
137 × 88 mm
P# 67, LA# BFB-20, N# 201650
500 Francs
1910-1938

Standard banknote

P# 72, N# 278636
1 Franc (Comptes courants)
1914

Standard banknote
85 × 50 mm
P# 81, LA# BFB-1, N# 242154
2 Francs (Comptes courants)
1914

Standard banknote
106 × 65 mm
P# 82, LA# BFB-4, N# 278561
20 Francs Comptes courants
1914

Standard banknote
135 × 100 mm
P# 83, N# 243820
100 Francs
1914

Standard banknote

P# 84, N# 278563
1000 Francs
1914

Standard banknote

P# 85, N# 278575
100 Francs
1914-1918

Standard banknote

P# 90, N# 278564
5 Francs
1914-1919

Standard banknote
125 × 79 mm
P# 74, LA# BFB-7, N# 216393
Available for swap 5 Francs
1914-1921

Standard banknote
125 × 81 mm
P# 75, LA# BFB-6, N# 216399
20 Francs - Société Générale
1915-1917

Standard banknote
137 × 88 mm
P# 89, LA# BFB-23, N# 254445
Available for swap 1 Franc
1915-1918

Standard banknote
83 × 50 mm
P# 86, LA# BFB-2, N# 213157
Available for swap 2 Francs
1915-1918

Standard banknote
105 × 65 mm
P# 87, LA# BFB-5, N# 216401
5 Francs
1915-1918

Standard banknote
124 × 79 mm
P# 88, LA# BFB-8, N# 216403
1000 Francs
1915-1918

Standard banknote

P# 91, N# 278578
1000 Francs
1919

Standard banknote

P# 80, N# 278574
100 Francs
1919-1920

Standard banknote
182 × 108 mm
P# 78, LA# BFB-53, N# 219325
Available for swap 1 Franc / 1 Frank
1920-1922

Standard banknote
84 × 50 mm
P# 92, LA# BFB-3, N# 207585
20 Francs - Albert I
1921-1926

Standard banknote
137 × 82 mm
P# 94, LA# BFB-24, N# 201746
Available for swap 100 Francs
1921-1927

Standard banknote
184 × 108 mm
P# 95, LA# BFB-57, N# 210373
Available for swap 5 Francs
1922-1925

Standard banknote
122 × 74 mm
P# 93, LA# BFB-9, N# 209789
Available for swap 1000 Francs
1922-1926

Standard banknote
223 × 135 mm
P# 96, LA# BFB-96, N# 210374
Available for swap 5 Francs
1926-1931

Standard banknote
125 × 75 mm
P# 97, LA# BFB-10, N# 270809
Available for swap 20 Francs
1926-1940

Standard banknote
134 × 82 mm
P# 98, LA# BFB-26, N# 207600
50 Francs / 10 Belgas
1927

Standard banknote
160 × 98 mm
P# 99, LA# BFB-40, N# 242019
50 Francs / 10 Belgas
1927-1928

Standard banknote

P# 100, N# 278562
Available for swap 100 Franks / 20 Belgas
1927-1932

Standard banknote
185 × 108 mm
P# 102, LA# BFB-58, N# 208669
Available for swap 500 Francs / 100 Belgas
1927-1943

Standard banknote
227 × 125 mm
P# 103, P# 109, LA# BFB-78, LA# BFB-79, N# 208674
50 Francs / 10 Belgas
1928-1935

Standard banknote
144 × 87 mm
P# 101, LA# BFB-42, N# 210375
Available for swap 1000 Francs / 200 Belgas
1929-1938

Standard banknote
223 × 135 mm
P# 104, LA# BFB-97, N# 218975
10 000 Francs / 2 000 Belgas
1929-1942

Standard banknote
223 × 135 mm
P# 105, LA# BFB-109, N# 254449
Available for swap 100 Francs / 20 Belgas (French on obverse)
1933-1943

Standard banknote
179 × 108 mm
P# 107, LA# BFB-59, N# 208273
Available for swap 1000 Francs / 200 Belgas
1935-1944

Standard banknote
223 × 135 mm
P# 110, LA# BFB-98, N# 242017
Available for swap 50 Francs / 10 Belgas Type 1927 Trésorerie
1935-1947

Standard banknote
144 × 87 mm
P# 106, LA# BFB-43, N# 208155
Available for swap 5 Francs
1938

Standard banknote
124 × 74 mm
P# 108, LA# BFB-11, N# 205471
Available for swap 20 Francs
1940-1948

Standard banknote
136 × 81 mm
P# 111, LA# BFB-26, N# 207597
Available for swap 100 Francs / 20 Belgas (Dutch on obverse)
1942-1943

Standard banknote
180 × 110 mm
P# 112, LA# BFB-60, N# 204257
Available for swap 5 Francs / 1 Belga
1943

Standard banknote
114 × 59 mm
P# 121, LA# BFB-12, N# 208842
Available for swap 10 Francs / 2 Belgas
1943

Standard banknote
118 × 62 mm
P# 122, LA# BFB-13, N# 203940
Available for swap 100 Francs / 20 Belgas (bicolor red and green)
1943

Standard banknote
150 × 85 mm
P# 123, LA# BFB-63, N# 221477
500 Francs / 100 Belgas
1943

Standard banknote
150 × 85 mm
P# 124, LA# BFB-80, N# 242166
1000 Francs / 200 Belgas
1943

Standard banknote

P# 125, N# 265419
100 Francs / 20 Belgas
1944

Standard banknote
179 × 108 mm
P# 113, LA# BFB-61, N# 237091
Available for swap 100 Francs / 20 Belgas Type 1933 Orange - Recto en néerlandais
1944

Standard banknote
179 × 108 mm
P# 114, N# 243818
1000 Francs / 200 Belgas
1944

Standard banknote

P# 115, N# 278579

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