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20 Centimes Dutch text
| Issuer | Belgium |
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| Year | 1954-1960 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large royal crown occupies the upper portion of the field, with the Dutch legend BELGIE arcing above it along the upper rim. The bold numeral '20' appears below the crown, flanked on either side by the date with '19' to the left and the final two digits to the right, integrating the year into the design. The denomination legend CENTIMES is inscribed in a straight line beneath the numeral along the lower field. |
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Belgium's postwar coinage reform of 1948 split denominations by language community, issuing functionally identical coins with either French or Dutch legends — a bureaucratic compromise that reflected simmering tensions between Wallonia and Flanders rather than any monetary logic. The Dutch-text 20 centimes ran concurrently with its French counterpart, KM#146, both circulating freely regardless of inscription.
Production across this series was unremarkable, with no significant die varieties documented in the major references.