5 Centimes - Léopold III BELGIQUE-BELGIE

Features

Issuer	Belgium
King	Leopold III (1934-1951)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1941-1943
Value	5 Centimes (0.05 BEF)
Currency	Franc (1832-2001)
Composition	Zinc
Weight	2.5 g
Diameter	19 mm
Thickness	1.45 mm
Shape	Round with a round hole (Center hole 2.5 mm)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	1 January 1957
Number	N# 6013
References	KM# 123 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Schön# 90 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes). , LA# BFM-29 Laurens Aernout; 2017. Catalogus van Belgische Numismatische Uitgiften: 1831-2017. Numismatica Zuidwest-Vlaanderen, Europees Genootschap voor Munt- en Penningkunde.

Obverse

Monogram of Léopold III, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1941

Engraver: Oscar Jespers

Reverse

Coats of arms of Ghent (left), Liège (middle) and Arlons (right) surrounded by bilingual legends. Value and designer below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BELGIQUE-BELGIE
L G
5 c
O. J.

Translation: Belgium

Engraver: Oscar Jespers

Edge

Plain

Mint

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

Comments

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

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF		Frequency
Undetermined
1941	10 000 000	$ 0.14	$ 0.14	$ 0.57	$ 0.67	$ 0.67	Morin 497	69%
1943	7 606 000	$ 0.13	$ 0.22	$ 0.54	$ 0.57	$ 0.57	Morin 500	56%

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