Belgian 5 Francs-- Confused.

I have a Belgium 5 Francs dated 1939 in VF

Its 1939 position "B" ,Nickel, milled edge lettering with star, Dutch Legend "Belgie-Belgique"

Krause says KM#117.2 is $0.50 in VF

The exact same description for KM#116.2
says $500 in VF

Which is mine?
@spirityoda collects Belgian so may be able to assist.

 

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You have the regular type. The expensive one has "Belgique" to the left of 3 shields and "Belgie" to the right.

 

Belgique to the left and Belgie to the right is the French legend and is $60 in VF KM#117.3

 

Yours should be KM117.2, right?
I expect any KM116 sub-type to have the French name "Belgique" to the left.

 

This is what is in my Krause.
It could be either of the ones marked in Red.
The coin below the red marks is the French legend, mine is Dutch.

 

KM117.x = legend in Dutch left
KM116.x = legend in French left

That's what Numista.com says and it does make sense to me.

http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces8134.html

 

Well here are the Dutch and French from krause in Full., there is only one 1939 in French and that has a crown.


I did some further research and found this.

 

Agreed. According to this catalog, also from Krause (Collecting World Coins), the three 116.x numbers (p. 106) refer to the French-Dutch type while the three 117.x numbers (p. 107) are for the Dutch-French type ...

 

does your coin have a star on the edge ? if so I believe it to be KM#117.2 position B 2016 Krause world coin catalog

 

Thanks guys.
My Krause is 2006 and shows conflicting information, added to what I read on another site I was confused.

 

wow the french version sure gets a huge amount of money.. I do not own your coin.

 

without the star on edge it would be hard to figure that out for sure. at least we figured it out to be the Dutch version.

 

Krause catalogues can be full of errors, I owned one where Spain was completely missing LOL