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5 Franken Ghent - WW1 German Occupation Coinage
| Uitgever | City of Ghent (Stad Gent / Ville de Gand) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1917 |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
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| Oriëntatie | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The arms of the City of Ghent occupy the central field, depicting a crowned lion rampant on a quartered shield, rendered in bold relief. The shield is surrounded by a decorative wreath-like border and enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The bilingual civic legend reads STAD GENT / VILLE DE GAND (Dutch and French names of the city) around the upper periphery, with the Latin motto FIDES ET AMOR (Loyalty and Love) along the lower arc, all in raised Latin lettering within the outer border. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | UIT BETAALBAAR JANUARI.1920 FRANCS 5 FRANKEN 1917 REMBOURSABLE JANVIER.1920 (Translation: Exchangeable January 1920 Francs 5 Francs 1917 Redeemable January 1920) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Ghent's occupation coinage of 1917 was a direct consequence of Germany's systematic stripping of Belgian copper and nickel reserves for war production. With the National Bank of Belgium evacuated to London and official currency in acute short supply, municipal authorities across occupied Belgium were authorized — under German supervision — to issue their own emergency tokens. Ghent produced issues in multiple denominations, all in iron or iron-based alloys precisely because the metals with any pre-war monetary value had already been requisitioned.
The brass plating on iron served a functional rather than aesthetic purpose: bare iron corrodes rapidly in circulation, and degraded tokens created counting and vending problems the occupation administration had no patience to manage.