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1000 Francs Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Belgium |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Currency | Franc (1832-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Prince Charles, Prince Regent of Belgium, in right-facing profile, rendered in high relief within a raised circular border set against the square klippe flan. The portrait displays finely modelled facial features and close-cropped hair in a restrained, neoclassical artistic style. The circular legend surrounding the effigy reads · CAROLUS · PRINCEPS · REGENS · BELGICAE, separated by centrally placed raised dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | · CAROLUS · PRINCEPS · REGENS · BELGICAE (Translation: Charles, Prince Regent of Belgium) |
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Belgian trial pieces of this period were struck at the Brussels mint as internal proofs of concept — submitted for approval before a design was committed to working dies for circulation strikes. The 1949 1000 Francs denomination was a high-value note-adjacent coin proposed during Belgium's post-liberation monetary reorganization, when the government was aggressively consolidating currency following the 1944 de Visscher-Gutt reform that had wiped out wartime inflation by exchanging old francs at punitive rates.
Copper substitution in trial strikings was routine practice at Brussels — it allowed die evaluation without expending silver or gold blanks on speculative approvals. The absence of standard catalog references confirms this piece never advanced to an adopted type.