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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 8441733, member: 4910&quot;]Belgium Brussels Exposition 50 Francs 1935 Robot Coins</p><p><br /></p><p>I began collecting modern foreign coins in the mid 1960&#039;s and I bought a 1966 world coins catalog titled <i>A Catalog of Modern World Coins</i> By R. S. Yeoman.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the illustrations was for a Belgian silver 50 franc coin commemorating the &quot;Brussels Exposition 1935&quot;. There was no other description for the coin and the value for one in very-fine (VF) condition was $12.00.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin had an interesting design. The obverse had a figure which looked like a robot and the reverse had a building which looked like something from a science-fiction movie.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wanted one of these coins but at the time (1966) I did not have much money.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an adult I learned that the &quot;robot&quot; was the angel St. Michael slaying a dragon and the building was the Palace of Expositions which is still standing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I must have walked by the Palace of Expositions during my visit to Brussels in 1971 because I remember visiting the futuristic &quot;Atomium&quot; from the 1958 World&#039;s Fair which was built nearby.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/belgiumphoto.19486/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Belgium Brussels World&#039;s Fair &quot;Atomium&quot; in 1971</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Belgium issued this coin in a French language version and a Dutch language version.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Besides commemorating the Brussels Exposition it also commemorated the centennial of the Belgian railroad system.</p><p><br /></p><p>The French version of the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/belgiumf5035a.19483/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Belgium 50 Francs 1935 - French</p><p>Silver, 35.0 mm, 22.03 gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:</p><p>Saint Michael standing on slain dragon</p><p>ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE EXPOSITION DE BRUXELLES 50 FR</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>Palace of Expositions building</p><p>CENTENAIRE DES CHEMINS DE FER BELGES 1835-1935</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dutch version of the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/belgiumf5035b.19482/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Belgium 50 Francs 1935 - Dutch</p><p>Silver, 35.0 mm, 21.96 gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:</p><p>Saint Michael standing on slain dragon</p><p>KONINKRIJK BELGIE BRUSSELSCHE TENTOONSTELLING 50 FR</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>Palace of Expositions building</p><p>EEUWGETIJDE DER BELGISCHE SPOORWEGEN 1835-1935</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The 1958 World&#039;s Fair also had commemorative coins issued.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The French version of the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/belgiumf5058a.19485/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Belgium 50 Francs 1958 - French</p><p>Silver, 30.0 mm, 12.40 gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:</p><p>Head of King Baudouin facing left</p><p>BAUDOUIN ROI DES BELGES</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>Brussels Grand Place and Town Hall with emblem of World&#039;s Fair at left</p><p>1958 50 F</p><p><br /></p><p>The Dutch version of the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/belgiumf5058b.19484/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Belgium 50 Francs 1958 - Dutch</p><p>Silver, 30.0 mm, 12.55 gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:</p><p>Head of King Baudouin facing left</p><p>BOUDEWIJN KONING DER BELGEN</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>Brussels Grand Place and Town Hall with emblem of World&#039;s Fair at left</p><p>1958 50 F</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>

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