Belgium.

Baudouin I.
25 centimes 1966, copper-nickel.

 

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Baudouin I.
50 centimes 1955, bronze.

 

Baudouin I.
1 franc 1968, copper-nickel & 1 franc 1989, nickel plated iron.

 

Baudouin I.
5 francs 1972, copper-nickel & 5 francs 1986, brass (very strange design, isn't it?).

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Baudouin I.
10 francs 1974, nickel.

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Baudouin I.
20 francs 1982, nickel-bronze.

 

Baudouin I.
50 francs 1958, silver .835, weight - 12,5 g., mintage - 382000. "Brussels world fair".

 

Baudouin I.
50 francs 1960, silver .835, weight - 12,5 g., mintage -500000. "King Baudouin Marriage".

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Baudouin I.
100 francs 1951, silver .835, weight - 18 g., mintage - 4691000.

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Baudouin I.
250 francs 1976, silver .835, weight - 25 g., mintage - 1000000. "Silver Jubilee of King Baudouin".

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I like the 1912 2 centimes a lot. Other than that, pretty plain for such a great country.

 

Albert II the King (since 1993).
1 franc 1994, nickel plated iron.

 

Albert II the King (since 1993).
5 francs 1994, aluminium-bronze.

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Albert II the King (since 1993).
20 francs 1996, nickel-bronze.

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That is all, gentlemans!

 

I like these 1958 Brussels World's Fair commemoratives:


Brussels World's Fair "Atomium" structure
It was still standing in 1991 when I visited Brussels and I went up into it.


Belgium 50 Francs 1958 Flemish version


Belgium 50 Francs 1958 French version

 

Hello everyone,

Great Post. Alot of these cons bring back memories as i was stationed in Belgium from 1994 to 1997. Also i seen the Atomium aswell, back in 95 or 96.

Regards,
Stan

 

Some background on the belgain holed coins. Actually at that time, Congo was still a colony of Belgium. It was for Congo that the Belgian Mint first experimented with holed coins (to be precise, in 1887). At that time all money for Congo was holed, except for the silver pieces. With a high probability, this was done to make it easy not to loose the coins (by putting them on string which you can hang on your neck).
Afterwards, they also used thesame technolgie for the construction of Belgian coins.
As a result of the hole, many of these coins were used as a stopper in constructions ;-)

 

Thanks. I have some 1940's coins from what was then British East Africa and British West Africa, and most of them have holes as well, so the Africa theme makes sense.

 

Great coins Siberian Man ! I also have some Belgian exemples that I would like to share with you;



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