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1 Belga / 5 Francs - Albert I French text
| Issuer | Belgium |
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| Year | 1930-1934 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#97.1, KM#97.2, LA#BFM-129, Schön#63 |
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| Obverse lettering | ·ALBERT·ROI· ·DES·BELGES· G.DEVREESE (Translation: Albert, King of the Belgians) |
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| Mintage | 1930 - Morin 382; KM# 97.2; Pos. A; Medal alignment - 1930 - Morin 382; KM# 97.2; Pos. B; Medal alignment - 1930 - Morin 382a; KM# 97.1; Pos. A - 1,600,000 1930 - Morin 382b; KM# 97.1; Pos. B - 1931 - Morin 384a; KM# 97.1; Pos. A - 9,032,000 1931 - Morin 384b; KM# 97.1; Pos. B - 1932 - Morin 386a; KM# 97.1; Pos. A - 3,600,000 1932 - Morin 386b; KM# 97.1; Pos. B - 1933 - Morin 388a; KM# 97.1; Pos. A - 1,386,500 1933 - Morin 388b; KM# 97.1; Pos. B - 1934 - Morin 390a; KM# 97.1; Pos. A - 1,000,000 1934 - Morin 390b; KM# 97.1; Pos. B - |
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The belga was a trade unit introduced in 1926 specifically to stabilize Belgium's battered post-war currency, fixed at five francs and intended primarily for international transactions. Its creation followed the franc's collapse to roughly one-seventh of its pre-war value — a depreciation that made everyday arithmetic absurd and forced a wholesale rethinking of the monetary unit. The belga itself was never legal tender in any formal retail sense; it existed as an accounting convenience given physical form.
KM#97.1 and 97.2 differ by the position of the signature on the die — a variation tied to changes in the engraver credit rather than any policy decision.