Belgian notes pre euro 02a - series 1978

In 1951, King Baldwin became the king of the Belgians, after the adbication of this father Leopold II.
The first set of banknotes during his rule, were printed between 1961 and 1971.
This set will be presented later. The second set under his rule, was introduced in 1978 and stayed in circulation till 1994. (see : http://rainbowstampsandcoins.blogspot.com/2021/01/belgian-notes-pre-euro-01a-series-1994.html)

The set starts with a 100 belgian franks note. These notes (and all notes from 100 BEF and above) remain exchangable at the national bank of Belgium. 100 BEF = € 2.48.
Therefore these notes are still expensive to purchase. Unfortunately, the National Bank does not sell the old notes, just accepts them.

100 BEF

1978 - 100 bef (Beyaert)

The architect Hendrik (Henri) Beyaert is depicted on the first note of this series.
As a young man, he started to work in the national bank of Belgium in Kortrijk, the city where he was born. Shortly after, he became an apprentice mason, involved in the construction of the train station of Doornik (Tournai) in Belgium. His skills for designing brought him to study at the Royal Academy of fine Arts in Brussels. He graduated succesfully, and became the architect of the central building of the national bank in Brussels.
The 100 belgian franks note, has text in Dutch on the front of the note, and French on the back of the note.

reverse side of 100 bef - 1978

At the back side of the note, a geometric design is drawn.
There are 2 different signatures possible on the notes:

first set of signatures

second set of signatures

to be continued...