25 centimes BELGIUM (1964-1975) (French)

25 centimes 1964-1975 (French) - Belgian coins

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
16.0 mm	2.0 g	1.25 mm	Cu₇₅Ni₂₅

obverse:

in the coin centre crowned letter: B - a monogram of King Baudouin I - divides the year of issue

reverse:

in the coin centre face value: 25, lower: C (CENTIMES); along the top edge: BELGIQUE (Belgium in French)

edge:

plain

issue date:

1964

withdrawal date:

1980

designer:

Raf Mailleux (signature RAF MAILLEUX below royal monogram on the obverse)

mint:

De Koninklijke Munt van België (in Dutch) / La Monnaie Royale de Belgique (in French) (The Royal Belgian Mint), Brussels (mintmark on the right of the reverse, on the left a privy mark of mint's chief Robert Vogeleer)

mintage:

1964	21 770 000
1965	11 440 000
1966	19 990 000
1967	6 820 000
1968	25 250 000
1969	7 670 000
1970	26 995 000	+ 5 000 in annual sets
1971	15 990 000	+ 10 000 in annual sets
1972	19 990 000	+ 10 000 in annual sets
1973	11 985 000	+ 15 000 in annual sets
1974	19 981 000	+ 19 000 in annual sets
1975	11 954 248	+ 45 752 in annual sets

varieties:

Among coins struck in years 1964, 1970, and 1971 there exist coins with a reverse not rotated by 180° in respect to an obverse (medal alignment by American terminology).

privy marks:

We are presenting below privy marks of The Royal Belgian Mint directors, which appear on Belgian franc coins struck after the World War II:

Gaston Lamquet	1957-1963	sheep head
Robert Vogeleer	1964-1987	fenix with a V letter
Romain Coenen	1988-2001	scale

last update: 9 XI 2015

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