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20 Francs - Albert I French text - Pattern
| Issuer | Kingdom of Belgium |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Value | 20 Francs (20 BEF) |
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| Obverse lettering | ALBERT ROI DES BELGES DEVREESE (Translation: Albert, King of the Belgians) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Albert I had been king for less than two years when this pattern was struck, and the French-text version of the 20 Francs was produced alongside a Flemish-text counterpart as Belgium navigated its constitutionally mandated bilingualism in coinage. Neither language variant entered regular circulation — the broader Latin Monetary Union 20 Franc type already in use made a new domestic issue redundant. The Delmonte reference for gold patterns of this period catalogues only a handful of confirmed specimens.