Medal - Crédit Communal de Belgique

Features

Location Belgium
Type Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Year 1955
Composition Bronze
Weight 171.6 g
Diameter 69.1 mm
Thickness 8.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
285758

Commemorative issue

Commemoration of the creation of Crédit Communal de Belgique in 1860Automatically translated

Obverse

Left profile effigy of Finance Minister Hubert Joseph Walthère Frère, known as Frère-OrbanAutomatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
♦ FRERE ~ ORBAN ♦
1812 ~ 1896

Engraver: Adolphe Jouvenel

Reverse

The coats of arms, arranged in a circle around the date, represent the nine Belgian provinces.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
♦CREDITCOMMUNALDEBELGIQUE♦GEMEENTEKREDIETVANBELGIE
1860

Engraver: Albert-André Aebly

Edge

Smooth and roundedAutomatically translated

Medal - Crédit Communal de Belgique -  obverse

Comments

To boost credit in Belgium, Minister Frère-Orban encouraged the creation of new banks, such as Crédit communal de Belgique in 1860 and Caisse générale d'épargne et de retraite in 1865.Automatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1955) 

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