Belgian Coin Bracelet Mystery

Hi All,

I am active on the Ancients section of this board but know next to nothing about world coins. I’m hoping you can help me answer a friend’s question.

My friend’s late father was an American soldier in WWII, and she thinks he might have brought this bracelet back from Belgium. She’d like two questions answered:

1. What kind of coins are in the bracelet?

2. Does this bracelet have any consequential value, beyond, of course, sentimental value?

Thanks for looking.

 

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well from the bottom pic it looks like a Belgium 1 franc 1940 mintage 10,865,000 , made of nickel that was gold plated after the whole bracelet was made. the coins are cheap ranging from 0.20 cents-$4.00 dollars from lowest grade to highest grade wise.

 

1. 1940 1 franc.
2. No.

 

this bracelet was gold plated. these coins look grey/silver like this...

 

there could be a market for this bracelet on Ebay. some people collect everything.

 

Thanks everyone. These responses are helpful.

 

Belated side note, but it does not affect the value anyway: The bracelet has both types of that coin, the Dutch-French version (BELGIE - BELGIQUE) and the French-Dutch version (BELGIQUE - BELGIE). The shields show the CoA of three Belgian provinces: West-Vlaanderens (at the top), Namur (bottom left) and Limburg (bottom right). The coats of arms of the other provinces are on other denominations ...

Christian

 

Thanks for this additional info.