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50 Francs Belges / Belgische Frank
| Issuer | Armée Belge / Belgisch Leger |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Reference(s) | P#6 |
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| Reverse description | Dutch-language face printed in red on a matching brown guilloche underprint. Two starburst rosettes bearing the numeral 50 flank the central bold lettering. The issuer title BELGISCH LEGER appears at top, with VIJFTIG BELGISCHE FRANK in the centre. Two signature lines are present below, captioned for the head and a director of the F.B.L. |
| Reverse lettering | BELGISCH LEGER 50 VIJFTIG BELGISCHE FRANK HET DIENSTHOOFD VAN DE F.B.L. EEN DIRECTEUR VAN DE F.B.L. |
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This note was issued by the Belgian Army — not the National Bank — specifically for use by Belgian military personnel in the immediate postwar period. Military payment certificates of this type were part of a broader Allied effort to control currency flows in liberated territories, preventing black market exploitation and limiting the circulation of occupation-era Reichsmarks and counterfeit notes that had flooded Belgium during the German occupation.
The series saw limited general circulation and was withdrawn relatively quickly once the civilian monetary system stabilized. Surviving examples in genuinely circulated condition are less common than their modest face value might suggest.