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<p>[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 7566824, member: 4910"]I had wanted to have one of these big coins since I was a kid in 1964 when I saw one in R. S. Yeoman's book <i>A Catalog of Modern World Coins</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I finally got one after 60 years.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_belgiancongo_franc50_1944.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Belgian Congo 50 Francs 1944</p><p>Silver, 35 mm, 17.37 gm, 500 fine</p><p>Obverse: Elephant facing left / 1944</p><p>Reverse: BANQUE DU CONGO BELGE (French) / BANK VAN BELGISCH CONGO (Flemish) / 50 FR</p><p>Mint: South African Mint in Pretoria</p><p><br /></p><p>It was later joined by a similar but smaller coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_belgiancongo_franc02_1943_hex.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Belgian Congo 2 Francs 1943</p><p>Brass, 28x25 mm, 5.93 gm, hexagonal</p><p>Mint: Philadelphia Mint</p><p><br /></p><p>The United States was happy to mint these coins for the Belgian authorities.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Belgian Congo had a large uranium mine which had been closed in 1937 as no one wanted uranium.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mine was re-opened in 1944 and the newly mined uranium was sent to America.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 7566824, member: 4910"]I had wanted to have one of these big coins since I was a kid in 1964 when I saw one in R. S. Yeoman's book [I]A Catalog of Modern World Coins[/I]. I finally got one after 60 years. [IMG]https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_belgiancongo_franc50_1944.jpg[/IMG] Belgian Congo 50 Francs 1944 Silver, 35 mm, 17.37 gm, 500 fine Obverse: Elephant facing left / 1944 Reverse: BANQUE DU CONGO BELGE (French) / BANK VAN BELGISCH CONGO (Flemish) / 50 FR Mint: South African Mint in Pretoria It was later joined by a similar but smaller coin: [IMG]https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_belgiancongo_franc02_1943_hex.jpg[/IMG] Belgian Congo 2 Francs 1943 Brass, 28x25 mm, 5.93 gm, hexagonal Mint: Philadelphia Mint The United States was happy to mint these coins for the Belgian authorities. The Belgian Congo had a large uranium mine which had been closed in 1937 as no one wanted uranium. The mine was re-opened in 1944 and the newly mined uranium was sent to America. :)[/QUOTE]
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