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10 Centimes - Léopold III BELGIE-BELGIQUE
| Issuer | Kingdom of Belgium |
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| Year | 1941-1946 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central design features a stylized capital letter 'B' (the royal monogram of King Léopold III) rendered in geometric, Art Deco style, surmounted by the Belgian royal crown in the upper field. The central round hole is incorporated within the monogram design, framed by angular geometric elements. The date appears in the lower field beneath the monogram. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1942 |
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Belgium's zinc coinage of the early 1940s exists because the German occupation authority requisitioned copper and other strategic metals almost immediately after the May 1940 invasion, forcing the remaining Belgian monetary infrastructure to substitute zinc — a material nobody wanted but everybody accepted. The Banque Nationale continued striking under German supervision, a compromise that kept small change in circulation while stripping the coinage of any material worth hoarding.
Zinc corrodes aggressively in humid conditions, and surviving examples from the occupation years in genuinely clean condition are harder to find than mintage figures suggest.