1 Franc Pattern, brass

The 1944 Belgian Congo brass pattern franc was produced as part of wartime monetary planning while Belgium itself remained under Nazi occupation. With normal supply chains for silver and copper-nickel disrupted, the Banque du Congo Belge explored alternative compositions to keep the colonial currency functional. Brass was a practical candidate, though this particular configuration never advanced to circulation.

KM# Pn10 is one of several pattern variants documented for this year, reflecting genuine uncertainty at the issuing authority about which alloy would prove most workable under wartime procurement conditions.