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5 Centimes - Albert I French text, with star
| Issuer | Belgium |
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| Year | 1932 |
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| Value | 5 Centimes (0.05 BEF) |
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| Obverse description | Central perforation surrounded by the crowned royal cypher of King Albert I, with the interlaced initials 'A' rendered in relief. The circular legend ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE frames the design along the periphery, with the date below the cypher. The legends and monogram are executed in a refined Art Nouveau style characteristic of Belgian coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Belgium's small-denomination coinage of the early 1930s was issued in two parallel linguistic versions — French and Flemish — a bureaucratic compromise reflecting the country's entrenched language tensions. The star on this type distinguishes issues struck by the medallic firm rather than the state mint, a Belgian practice that persisted across multiple reigns and denominations.
By 1932, nickel brass had largely replaced cupronickel in Belgian minor coinage following metal cost pressures after the Great Depression hit Belgian industry hard in 1931.