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20 Francs Dutch text
| Issuer | Royal Belgian Mint |
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| Year | 1949-1955 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Belgian lion passant rampant, facing right, is depicted seated atop a tablet or shield bearing horizontal lines, holding a caduceus in its raised right forepaw. The country name BELGIE arcs along the upper left field in bold capital letters. The denomination 20 F is inscribed in large numerals across the lower portion of the field, with the mint mark R visible to the right of the lion's tail near the inner border. The overall composition is clean and heraldic in character. |
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Belgium's postwar monetary reconstruction required a rapid return to silver coinage after years of wartime occupation issues struck in zinc. The Dutch-text variant of this type exists because Belgian law mandates parallel issuance in both French and Dutch, a requirement rooted in the linguistic legislation of the 1930s rather than any numismatic logic — meaning every circulating type effectively had its mintage split between two legally distinct coins.
The .835 fineness was a deliberate step down from prewar standards, reflecting silver shortages that persisted well into the early 1950s across Western Europe.