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1952-1960 Belgian Congo. Central Bank of Belgian Congo 20 francs Banknote "Watermark: elephant head" {AZ362556} ~~ FINE CONDITION ** DEAD COUNTRY // READ THE DESCRIPTION BELOW **
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1952-1960 Belgian Congo. Central Bank of Belgian Congo 20 francs Banknote "Watermark: elephant head" {AZ362556} ~~ FINE CONDITION ** DEAD COUNTRY // READ THE DESCRIPTION BELOW **
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Country details
The Belgian Congo (French: Congo belge, pronounced ; Dutch: Belgisch-Congo[a]) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964.
Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century. King Leopold II of Belgium attempted to persuade the Belgian government to support colonial expansion around the then-largely unexploited Congo Basin. Their ambivalence resulted in Leopold's establishing a colony himself. With support from a number of Western countries, Leopold achieved international recognition for a personal colony, the Congo Free State, in 1885.[6] By the turn of the century, the violence used by Free State officials against indigenous Congolese and a ruthless system of economic exploitation led to intense diplomatic pressure on Belgium to take official control of the country, which it did by creating the Belgian Congo in 1908.
Belgian rule in the Congo was based on the "colonial trinity" (trinité coloniale) of state, missionary and private-company interests. The privileging of Belgian commercial interests meant that large amounts of capital flowed into the Congo and that individual regions became specialised. On many occasions, the interests of the government and of private enterprise became closely linked, and the state helped companies to break strikes and to remove other barriers raised by the indigenous population. The colony was divided into hierarchically organised administrative subdivisions, and run uniformly according to a set "native policy" (politique indigène). This contrasted the practice of British and French colonial policy, which generally favoured systems of indirect rule, retaining traditional leaders in positions of authority under colonial oversight.[clarification needed]
During the 1940s and 1950s the Belgian Congo experienced extensive urbanisation, and the colonial administration began various development programmes aimed at making the territory into a "model colony". One result saw the development of a new middle-class of Europeanised African "évolués" in the cities. By the 1950s the Congo had a wage labour force twice as large as that in any other African colony.
Details of the BANKNOTE
Belgian Congo. Central Bank of Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Burundi. 1952-1960 Issues. Dimensions: 140 x 70 mm. Material: paper. Watermark: elephant head. Printer: Thomas de La Rue and Cie Limited, London (TDLR). No security thread. Front and back printing predominantly green, yellow and brown. Texts in French. Description of the front: frame composed of guilloche shapes in repetition with the value "20 FRANCS" in the lower right corner. On the upper border, the issuing institute "CENTRAL BANK OF BELGIAN CONGO AND RWANDA-BURUNDI" with the monogram of the bank "CCB" in the center, then the value "TWENTY FRANCS", the words "PAYABLES AT SIGHT" and the signatures printed in black. Green and yellow security background composed of Congolese stars of different sizes superimposed. On the left, the portrait of a smiling young boy wearing a beret. In the background, the Delcommune dam and the water reservoir on the Lualaba river in Katanga. The series and banknote number are printed twice in black. Bottom center, the date of issue in black, the article of the penal code printed on a line in the frame and the name of the printer. A single combination of signatures with A Officer Firmin Peigneux and The Governor Hector Martin. Description of the back: frame composed of geometric patterns and guilloche shapes with the value "20 FRANK" in the lower left corner. On the right, portrait of a young girl. In the background, a fisherman in action in the tumultuous waters of a waterfall. Texts in Dutch. The signatures on the front are shown in black.
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