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40 Francs Brussels Exposition - Pattern - Plain edge
| Issuer | Belgium |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Diameter | 35 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE EXPOSITION DE BRUXELLES 40 FR (Translation: Kingdom of Belgium Exposition of Brussels) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The 1935 Brussels World's Fair — officially the Exposition Universelle et Internationale — was one of the most attended exhibitions of the interwar period, drawing over 20 million visitors across its six-month run. Belgium used the occasion to explore a range of commemorative and pattern coinage, and this 40 Francs piece belongs to that experimental output: a denomination with no place in regular Belgian coinage, struck specifically to test designs or gauge interest from official quarters. The plain edge distinguishes it from any reeded or lettered edge variants that may have been considered simultaneously.
The absence of Morin and Lazard references suggests it moved through very few hands before modern cataloging caught up with it.