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Belgian banknote of 1929

Original - Obverse of 10,000 Belgian francs (2,000 belgas) of 1929, the largest denomination ever issued in Belgian francs. The left side depicts Ceres in chariot and three females, symbolizing the science and art. The white central circle is a watermark, portraying King Leopold I. Below the watermark is Belgian Lion. The right side portrays Neptune and the three females, symbolizing the trade (with caduceus) and industry. The note lost its legal tender in October 1944

Reason

I spotted this after skipping through some others. Probably one of the finest banknotes to appear in circulation (unedited version).

Articles this image appears in

Belgian franc, Mythology

Creator

National Bank of Belgium, uploaded by Brandmeister

• Support as nominator --brandt 19:12, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
• Comment. There are literally tens of thousands of banknote designs out there. What's special about this one? Mostlyharmless (talk) 12:05, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

In my opinion it is quite representative, with state and allegorical symbols and an excerpt on criminal penalty for counterfeiting (bottom center, between the signatures). brandt 16:48, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

• Comment. The explanation given in the custom PD tag for this image makes no sense to me. Why is this image claimed to be in the Public Domain? Kaldari (talk) 16:08, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Because the copyright laws that existed in that time, were struck down by the current copyright law of Belgium, which also does not specifically mention the national currency as a non-free subject. brandt 16:48, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I got that part. But why are we asserting that it's public domain under the current copyright law? If the national currency isn't mentioned in the current law, doesn't that mean that it's copyrighted by default? Kaldari (talk) 21:34, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

If it were copyrighted, I would not have received the scan from NBB's Museum. I've found, that it is the largest denomination to be issued prior to euro, so EV is high. brandt 07:00, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

• Speedy close not in any articles. MER-C 08:50, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

The Belgian franc and mythology just feature the original version, I don't see any problem regarding that. Brandt 09:37, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Indeed. It's common practice to replace in articles upon promotion, so that should be okay. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 11:38, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

• Comment this version of the same image is used in the article Belgian franc a straight swap might be appropriate as the one nominated seems to be of a higher standard. Guest9999 (talk) 16:08, 14 June 2009 (UTC) Didn't see above comments, obviously hadn't refreshed the page. Guest9999 (talk) 16:09, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Not promoted --wadester16 01:39, 17 June 2009 (UTC)