5 frank BELGIUM (1986-1993) (Dutch)

a three-pointed star divides the head of King of Belgium Baudouin I facing left

in the coin centre face value: 5 F (FRANK - francs); along the bottom edge in two lines in frames: BELGIË (Belgium in Dutch) and year of issue; in the background a three-pointed star

plain

1986

28 II 2002

Jean-Paul Laenen (initials J-PL on King's neck on the obverse)

De Koninklijke Munt van België (in Dutch) / La Monnaie Royale de Belgique (in French) (The Royal Belgian Mint), Brussels (mintmark after year of issue on the reverse, before year of issue a privy mark of mint's chief Robert Vogeleer (in years 1986-1987) or Romain Coenen (in years 1988-1993)

1986	208 440 000	fenix	+ 10 000 in annual sets 1982-1988
1987	22 500 000	fenix	+ 10 000 in annual sets 1982-1988
1988	26 500 000	scale	+ 10 000 in annual sets 1982-1988
1989	-	scale	+ 60 000 in annual sets
1990	-	scale	+ 60 000 in annual sets
1991	-	scale	+ 60 000 in annual sets
1992	5 000 000	scale	+ 60 000 in annual sets
1993	30 000 000	scale	+ 25 000 in annual sets

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