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25 Centimes - Léopold III BELGIE-BELGIQUE
| Issuer | Belgium |
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| Year | 1942-1946 |
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| Value | 25 Centimes (0.25 BEF) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1944 |
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| Mintage | 1942 - Morin 484 - 14,400,000 1943 - Morin 486 - 21,600,000 1943 - Off centre hole - 1944 - Morin 487 - 25,960,000 1945 - Morin 488 - 8,200,000 1946 - Morin 537; Under regency of Prince Charles - 13,296,000 1946 - Without hole - |
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Belgium's wartime zinc coinage was a direct product of German occupation — the Reichskommissariat requisitioned copper and nickel for the war effort almost immediately after the May 1940 invasion, forcing the Brussels mint to work with whatever base metals the occupiers permitted. Zinc was the answer, and it was a poor one. The alloy corrodes aggressively in circulation, and surviving examples in genuinely clean condition are rarer than mintage figures suggest.
The bilingual title reflects the political compromise that defined interwar Belgian coinage policy — neither linguistic community would accept primacy of the other's name on a national coin.