10 Francs - Albert I French text, Pattern Strike

Belgium's 1912 coinage reform discussions produced a handful of pattern strikes exploring both French and Flemish text variants — a reflection of the country's chronic linguistic tensions that had already forced the mint to produce parallel issues for decades. This particular gold pattern never advanced to circulation, likely killed by the political difficulty of appearing to favor one language community over the other in a single unified type.

Delmonte catalogued it under the G series, indicating gilt or gold pattern attribution distinct from the main circulation sequence.