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5 Francs - Léopold I
| Issuer | Belgian National Mint (Monnaie Royale de Belgique) |
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| Year | 1849-1865 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#17, LA#BFM-126 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1849 - Morin 39; Small 9; Mintage including LA#BFM-125 - 3,908,516 1849 - Morin 39a; Large 9 - 1850 - Morin 40; Without dot above date - 5,265,296 1850 - Morin 40a; Dot above date - 1850 - Proof - 1851 - Morin 41 - 3,707,922 1851 - Morin 41a; Dot above date - 1851 - Morin 41b; Overdate 1851/50 - 1852 - Morin 42 - 4,604,676 1852 - Morin 42a; Overdate 1852/51 - 1853 - Morin 43 - 2,426,598 1858 - Morin 44 - 18,102 1865 - Morin 45 - 907,360 1865 - Morin 45a; Overdate 1865/55 - 1865 - Morin 45b; dot after 5 F. - 1865 - Morin 45c; Overdate 1865/55 - dot after 5 F. - |
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Belgium's early silver 5 franc coinage under Léopold I was struck against a backdrop of ongoing monetary negotiations that would eventually produce the Latin Monetary Union in 1865 — the very year this type ceased production. France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy standardized on identical specifications partly because Belgian coins like this one were already circulating freely across borders, creating pressure for formal agreement rather than continued ad hoc acceptance.
Léopold I died in December 1865, making the final-year pieces contemporaneous with both his death and Belgium's entry into the LMU.