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Belgium
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These are the last coins used in Belgium before the introduction of the euro coins.     These are commun. Perhaps you already have them ? mvg, Aernout Edited by Aernout
09/01/2012 2:38 pm
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United Kingdom
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I have an uncirculated set of these but they are dated later... 1998 for the 5 francs...some are 97 and 95, they are sealed in plastic with a banknote and then again with a corresponding set of Belgium Euro coins.
With these coins we said goodbye to good value travel to other countries in Europe... before the Euro it was incredibly cheap to stay in Ireland, France or Belgium as the exchange rate made the British pound go a very long way.
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United States
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What's the difference between Belgie and Belgique? I assume it has to do with the locale and languages?
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United Kingdom
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Belgie is Dutch and Belgique is French...
I have an old 5 centimes piece that was supposedly mispelt Belgie according to a world coin book worth £60 and "very rare" but since joining the forum I discovered that these are on sale for £5 so that book was obviously not correct.
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What's the difference between Belgie and Belgique? I assume it has to do with the locale and languages? Belgium is not unique in Europe in having more than one official language (Switzerland, for example, has four). But Belgium was unique in Europe in issuing two completely different sets of coins for the two languages: a "French set" where the country's name is spelled "Belgique" and a "Dutch/Flemish set" where it is spelled "Belgie". South Africa is the only other country in the 20th century that I can think of that did this. After joining the euro, Belgium solved their "language problem" by avoiding the use of words on coins altogether; on the "national" side of circulating euro coins they have just the royal crowned-A monogram and country-designator "BE". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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United States
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Thanks for all the fun facts you guys!
And of course now I must have a complete set of French, Dutch, and Euro coins lol.
Could someone point me to where I could find the denominations for these coins or if you know could you list them so I can start looking?
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09/02/2012 12:30 am
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Australia
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The easiest all-on-one-page listing of circulating Belgian coins is probably the WorldCoinGallery Belgium page. This has all the older types (19th and early 20th century) as well. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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United States
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Thanks that list is much more extensive than what I was able to find on wikipedia lol. I should be able to put together a fairly decent type set from that!
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United Kingdom
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I think India also issues it's coins in more than one language - perhaps not unsurprisingly so.
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Germany
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After joining the euro, Belgium solved their "language problem" by avoiding the use of words on coins altogether; on the "national" side of circulating euro coins they have just the royal crowned-A monogram and country-designator "BE". And the "BE" country code was added in 2008; earlier euro and cent coins from Belgium do not have it. On most commemorative €2 coins and all collector coins, you can see the country name in all three languages (België, Belgique, Belgien). Sometimes the French version comes first, sometimes the Dutch version is the first one. The German version is third as that language has a different legal status and is spoken in a small part of the country only. The three latest €2 commems (2011/2012) have used the "BE" as well. Christian |
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 Belgium
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Edited by Aernout
09/02/2012 06:05 am
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United States
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Made a few purchases of Belgium coins this past week. Going to try to get pictures up in the next day or so. Lovely coins with character.
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Belgium
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Some other belgian coins (also before the euro). You can find these easy. Good hunt.    mvg, Aernout |
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Belgium
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I like the set last shown most. They remember my youth. It also was unusual to have the mythological Ceres on the obverse of the 1 Fr and 5 Fr coins rather than the King.
The "miner with mine lamp" on the 20 and 50 cts obverse evolved from being the symbol of the post war reconstruction to being one of industrial archeology by the time it was last issued for circulation.
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