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50 ECU - Albert II UNICEF Anniversary
| Issuer | National Bank of Belgium |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Weight | 15.55 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The ECU — European Currency Unit — was never legal tender in the conventional sense; it existed as a basket currency used in EU accounting and exchange rate mechanisms. Belgium was among the most enthusiastic issuers of ECU-denominated collector coins through the late 1980s and 1990s, treating the denomination as a prestige vehicle in the years before the euro rendered it obsolete. This piece marks the 50th anniversary of UNICEF, founded in December 1946 as a temporary relief body for children displaced by World War II — made permanent in 1953 after its mandate proved too necessary to dissolve.