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2 Centimes Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Belgian Mint |
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| Year | 1872 |
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| Value | 2 Centimes (0.02 BEF) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a plain, unadorned field bearing two lines of incuse Latin text arranged centrally: 'ESSAI' on the upper line and 'MONÉTAIRE' on the lower line, meaning 'Monetary Trial' or 'Monetary Pattern'. The lettering is rendered in bold, well-spaced serif capitals. The field is otherwise entirely plain, with no additional devices, symbols, or decorative elements, and is enclosed by a simple raised rim without beading. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Patterns issued by the Royal Belgian Mint in the 1870s were largely produced for internal evaluation and ministerial approval rather than public circulation, and most never advanced beyond a handful of struck examples. Morin 207 is catalogued among the rarer decimal pattern trials of this period — pieces that tested module and alloy combinations the mint was weighing against existing circulating types.
Belgium had already standardized its circulating 2 centimes in copper by this point, which likely explains why this bronze trial went nowhere.