FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - EUROPE:
Belgium
Belgium pick 67: 20 Francs from 1910
3.1.1910-19.7.1920. Red and green. Minerva with lion at left. Black serial number . 3 signature varieties. Back: Brown. Arms of thirty towns.
Collectors Comment: obv.: lion
Belgium pick 102: 100 Francs from 1927
1.7.1927-2.8.1932. Blue-black on ochre and pale blue underprint. Portraits of King Albert and Queen Elizabeth at left. Similar to number 95.Back: Man with tools at right.Watermark: King Leopold I.
Collectors Comment: obv.: lion; rev: bees
Belgium pick 127a: 500 Francs from 1944
7.11.1944-4.7.1945. Brown and yellow. Portrait King Leopold II wearing a military cap at left, Antwerp Cathedral at center. 2 signature varieties. Back: Congo landscape and boat.
Collectors Comment: obv.: four lions
Belgium pick 129b: 100 Francs from 1953
10.9.1953-30.6.1957. Black on brown and multicolor underprint. Portrait King Leopold I at left. Back: Building at center, portrait Fr. Orban.
Collectors Comment: rev.: horse
Belgium pick 134b: 100 Francs from 1962
1.2.1962-2.6.1977. Violet on multicolored underprint. Lambert Lombard at left. Allegorical figure at center on back. 4 Signature varieties. Serial numbers #1001 A 0001 to 2350 Z 999. Signatures 1 and 8, or 2 and 8, or 3 and 8.
Watermark: King Baudouin I.
Collectors Comment: obv.: lions
Belgium pick 147a: 100 Francs from 1995
ND (1995-2001). Red-violet and black on multicolored underprint. James Ensor at left and as watermark, masks at lower center, and at right. Beach scene at left on back.
Collectors Comment: rev.: horse