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5 Centimes - Léopold III BELGIQUE-BELGIE
| Issuer | Belgium |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Three heraldic shields displayed in a row across the central field represent, from left to right, the coats of arms of Ghent, Liège, and Arlon. The bilingual legend BELGIQUE-BELGIE arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination 5c and the designer's initials O.J. inscribed in the lower field. The central hole of the coin bisects the composition. |
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| Mintage | 1938 - KM#110.1; Morin 467; coin alignment - 4,970,000 1938 - KM#110.2; medal alignment - |
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Belgium's bilingual coinage policy — mandating parallel French and Dutch legend variants — was a direct response to the Flemish movement's decades-long pressure on the unitary francophone state. By 1938, the compromise formula "BELGIQUE-BELGIE" on a single coin had become the standard solution for lower denominations, sidestepping the need to mint separate language editions as was done for higher values. Léopold III had ascended the throne only three years earlier following his father Albert I's death in a climbing accident.
Nickel brass was adopted for this series as Belgium quietly shifted strategic nickel reserves toward defense procurement in the late 1930s.