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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;koen, post: 1350163, member: 35636&quot;]Because i want to win something to lets give it a try <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t mind spellingmistakes please, because as you know, English is not my nativelanguage and therefor it is very possible that some errors will occur<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (lets hope the spellcheck took care of that problem)</p><p>Since I do not have any coins collected yet I will do my story on the history of the 1 Franc coin from Belgium.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Belgium is declared independent in 1830, however the monarchy started in 1831.</p><p>On 21 July 1831 prince Leopold I took the oath and became the first king of Belgium.</p><p>He was the king of Belgium from 1831 until 1865</p><p>In his time as a king the first real Belgian coins where made.</p><p>In this example you can see the coin of 1 franc with the inscription LEOPOLD PREMIER ROI DESBELGES (Leopold first king of the Belgians)</p><p>[ATTACH]156450.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>King Leopold died on 10December 1865</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On 17 December 1865 the son of the dead king Leopold takes the constitutional oath.</p><p>This way Leopold II becomes the second king of Belgium.</p><p>He made new coins with hisimage on them.</p><p>The coin gets the inscription on the head side LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES (Leopold IIking of the Belgians)</p><p>On the tail side the inscription L&#039;UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Unity makes power)</p><p>[ATTACH]156451.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>The king dies on 17December 1909</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>His brother Albert I takes the throne on 23 December 1909</p><p>And as always history repeats, Albert I creates a new coin.</p><p>[ATTACH]156452.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>King Albert I dies on 17February 1934 when he falls of a rock in March-les-Dames</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Leopold II is our nextking.</p><p>When WWII starts and Germany invades Belgium the king had no other choice than surrender.</p><p>At the end of the war the king was taken away by the Germans.</p><p>Because of that we had no king and Prins Regent Karel took his place.</p><p>In 1950 Leopold III came back to Belgium and took his place at the throne back.</p><p>He also was kind enough to make new coins for his kingdom.</p><p>The coin of the Wynantstype had just the name of Belgium on it in the 2 languages that where spoken in Belgium namely French and Dutch.</p><p>The first one was minted in 1938.</p><p>[ATTACH]156453.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The wounded Belgium type of coin was the first type of coin that was minted under Leopold III</p><p>It has the image of a wounded person on it on the head side and on the tail side it says GOED VOOR 1 F (witch means good for 1 franc)</p><p>[ATTACH]156454.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>King Leopold II dies on 25September 1983</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In 1951 the second son of Leopold III takes the throne of his father</p><p>King Boudewijn was not a king like the kings before him.</p><p>He changed the 1 francpieces in a whole other dimension.</p><p>The pieces of 1 franc became smaller, shiny and more “modern”</p><p><br /></p><p>King Baudewijn was dethroned for a day by the government because her refused to sign a law about abortion.</p><p>After that day he became king again.</p><p>When the king dies in 1993 his brother Albert II is the man who takes the throne (and is still on the throne until this day)</p><p>He does not change much ofthe coin except he replaces the image of his brother with the image of himself.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://andriaus.com/images/currencies/belgian-franc/1-franc-1989-belgie.c.a.f.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://andriaus.com/images/currencies/belgian-franc/1-franc-1989-belgie.c.r.f.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On 1 January 2002 the changing of the Belgian francs to Euro start to happen.</p><p>The Belgian franc is notusable anymore from 1 march 2002 and has been replaced with the Euro.</p><p>The piece of 2 Eurocents has the value of a piece of 1 franc</p><p><img src="http://www.euromuntenonline.nl/objects/256/achterzijde.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.euromuntenonline.nl/objects/256/voorzijde.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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