Banknotes from Belgium

Belgium is a small country located in North-Western Europe comprising of Walloon, Flemish, and German ethnic groups, that is bordering France, the Netherlands, and Germany, known for confectionery and housing the seat of the EU. It was for most of it's history under foreign rule/internal division, until a 1830 uprising resulted in the creation of the nation-state of Belgium, formalized in 1839. The Belgian Franc was part of the Latin Monetary Union founded in 1865, being on par with the French franc among others, but experienced inflation, with zinc coinage being made, during & following it's invasion and occupation by Germany in WWI. The LMU was dissolved in 1927, and the Franc during the interwar years remained somewhat intertwined with the French Franc, with the unit of a Belga (1 Belga= 5 Francs) being introduced in the 1930s. Occupation coins were once again issued in zinc during the German occupation of 1940-44/5 in WWII, with the Franc again reduced in value post-war. Franc coins were briefly issued without a monarch's head in the absence of Léopold III, but continued with modern designs until the adoption of the Euro in 1999.
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Franc (1832-2001)

100 Centimes = 1 Franc • 5 Francs = 1 Belga (1926-1946)

1 Franc (Comptes courants)
1914

Standard banknote
85 × 50 mm
P# 81, LA# BFB-1, N# 242154
Available for swap 1 Franc
1915-1918

Standard banknote
83 × 50 mm
P# 86, LA# BFB-2, N# 213157
Available for swap 1 Franc / 1 Frank
1920-1922

Standard banknote
84 × 50 mm
P# 92, LA# BFB-3, N# 207585
2 Francs (Comptes courants)
1914

Standard banknote
106 × 65 mm
P# 82, LA# BFB-4, N# 278561
Available for swap 2 Francs
1915-1918

Standard banknote
105 × 65 mm
P# 87, LA# BFB-5, N# 216401
5 Francs
1914-1919

Standard banknote
125 × 79 mm
P# 74, LA# BFB-7, N# 216393
Available for swap 5 Francs
1914-1921

Standard banknote
125 × 81 mm
P# 75, LA# BFB-6, N# 216399
5 Francs
1915-1918

Standard banknote
124 × 79 mm
P# 88, LA# BFB-8, N# 216403
Available for swap 5 Francs
1922-1925

Standard banknote
122 × 74 mm
P# 93, LA# BFB-9, N# 209789
Available for swap 5 Francs
1926-1931

Standard banknote
125 × 75 mm
P# 97, LA# BFB-10, N# 270809

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