10 Centimes - Léopold III BELGIQUE-BELGIE

Features

Issuer	Belgium
King	Leopold III (1934-1951)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1941-1946
Value	10 Centimes (0.10 BEF)
Currency	Franc (1832-2001)
Composition	Zinc
Weight	4 g
Diameter	22 mm
Thickness	1.7 mm
Shape	Round with a round hole (Center hole 3 mm)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	1 January 1957
Number	N# 5328 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	KM# 125, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Schön# 91, Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes. LA# BFM-44 Laurens Aernout; 2017. Catalogus van Belgische Numismatische Uitgiften : 1831-2017. Numismatica Zuidwest-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Obverse

The arms of Antwerp to the left of the center hole, Namur in the center, and Hasselt to the right of the center hole surrounded by bilingual legends and the value and designer's name below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BELGIQUE-BELGIE
10c
O.JESPERS

Translation: Belgium

Engraver: Oscar Jespers

Reverse

Monogram of Léopold III, date below

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1943

Engraver: Oscar Jespers

Edge

Plain

Mint

Royal Mint of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium (983-2017)

Comments

1943: JESPERS without R

The material used is actually a zinc-alloy, a spelter. The term in Dutch is 'handelszink', literally translated as 'trade zinc'.

This coin was made during the German occupation during World War II.

The 1945 coin is not mentioned by Morin (2012) or Aernout (2019), only by Krause (2016) so its existence is doubtful.
The 1946 coin is regarded by Aernout (2019) as a trial strike and Krause estimates that 10,370,000 were struck.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	Frequency
Undetermined
1941	10 000 000		$ 0.05	$ 0.30	$ 0.39	$ 1.40	35%	Morin 489
1942	17 000 000		$ 0.24	$ 0.27	$ 0.54	$ 0.77	50%	Morin 491
1943	22 500 000	$ 0.26	$ 0.26	$ 0.27	$ 0.38	$ 1.00	61%	Morin 493
1945							1.8%	Struck at a later date (doubtful existence)
1946							2%	Essai / Trial strike

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