5 francs BELGIUM (1948-1981) (French)
| diameter: | weight: | thickness: | alloy: |
| 24.0 mm | 6.0 g | 1.8 mm | Cu75Ni25 |
obverse:
in the coin centre an oak branch divides the face value: 5 / FR (FRANCS); above a royal crown; along the bottom edge: = BELGIQUE = (Belgium in French)
reverse:
in the coin centre head of goddess of grain crops and fertility Ceres facing left; on the right a cornucopia; along the left edge year of issue
edge:
reeded
issue date:
1948
withdrawal date:
1988
designer:
Marcel Rau (signature RAU below Ceres' neck on the reverse)
mint:
De Koninklijke Munt van België (in Dutch) / La Monnaie Royale de Belgique (in French) (The Royal Belgian Mint), Brussels
mintage:
| 1948 | 5 304 000 | |
| 1949 | 38 752 000 | |
| 1950 | 23 948 000 | |
| 1958 | 9 088 000 | |
| 1961 | 6 000 000 | |
| 1962 | 6 576 000 | |
| 1963 | 11 144 000 | |
| 1964 | 3 520 000 | |
| 1965 | 11 988 000 | |
| 1966 | 6 772 000 | |
| 1967 | 13 268 000 | |
| 1968 | 5 492 000 | |
| 1969 | 8 732 000 | |
| 1970 | 1 995 000 | + 5 000 in annual sets |
| 1971 | 14 990 000 | + 10 000 in annual sets |
| 1972 | 17 490 000 | + 10 000 in annual sets |
| 1973 | 9 985 000 | + 15 000 in annual sets |
| 1974 | 24 981 000 | + 19 000 in annual sets |
| 1975 | 33 954 248 | + 45 752 in annual sets |
| 1976 | 7 485 000 | + 15 000 in annual sets |
| 1977 | 22 454 062 | + 45 938 in annual sets |
| 1978 | 27 453 763 | + 46 237 in annual sets |
| 1979 | 4 950 003 | + 49 997 in annual sets |
| 1980 | 10 940 000 | + 60 000 in annual sets |
| 1981 | 1 945 669 | + 54 331 in annual sets |
varieties:
Among coins struck in 1975 there exist coins with a reverse not rotated by 180° in respect to an obverse (medal alignment by American terminology).
last update: 9 XI 2015
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