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50 Centimes - Léopold II French text
| Uitgever | Belgium |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1907-1909 |
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| Diameter | 18 mm |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The denomination '50' appears prominently in large numerals at the center of the field, with 'CENT.S' inscribed immediately below in smaller lettering. The date is placed in the lower central field. The entire central legend is framed by an elegant wreath composed of ivy sprigs to the left and oak branches to the right, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. A fine milled border encircles the entire design. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Belgium's bilingual coinage problem came to a head in the 1880s and 1890s, when Flemish political pressure forced the government to mint parallel French- and Dutch-legend versions of nearly every denomination. This piece is the French-text variant of that compromise — the two versions circulated simultaneously and were legally interchangeable, though in practice each tended to stay within its own linguistic region.
The series ran only through 1909, the year Léopold II died after a reign marked by the Congo atrocities that had by then drawn international condemnation.