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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheFinn, post: 2867078, member: 90102&quot;]They were Belgium&#039;s large silver coin issue as part of the Latin Monetary Union.&nbsp; It was started by France in 1865 when they saw the British Pound Sterling taking over as the world reserve currency.&nbsp; You see a lot of these based on the French 5 franc.&nbsp; They all weigh 25 grams with a purity of 0.900.&nbsp; The 2, 1, 1/2 &amp; 1/5 denominations from each country weighed the same in each country, but were only 0.835 fine silver.&nbsp; The gold pieces, like the French Rooster 20 franc is the same in all of the countries that either joined, or made coins to trade within the Union.&nbsp; Venezuela, Colombia, Italy, the Vatican, France, Greece and many more countries were all members.&nbsp; It is the original European Union.&nbsp; There is a good write up in Wikipedia about it.&nbsp; Just google, LATIN MONETARY UNION.&nbsp; Fun group to collect, and not much above spot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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