50 Francs - Albert II Obverse Trial

Trial pieces for the Albert II coinage were produced internally at the Royal Mint of Belgium during the transition from Baudouin I, who died in July 1993. This nickel striking would have been used to assess die quality, metal flow, and press calibration before the circulating series was confirmed. The absence of standard catalog numbers across KM, Morin, and Leclercq suggests it never entered any published reference as a recognized pattern — its documentation rests entirely on the Grispen trial piece registry.