10 frank BELGIUM (1969-1979) (Dutch)

10 frank 1969-1979 (Dutch) - Belgian coins

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
27.0 mm	8.0 g	2.1 mm	Ni

obverse:

head of King of Belgium Baudouin I facing left

reverse:

in the coin centre large Coat of Arms of Belgium divides the face value: 10 / F (FRANK - francs); along the top edge: BELGIQUE (Belgium in Dutch); a long the bottom edge year of issue

edge:

plain

issue date:

1969

withdrawal date:

1988

designer:

Harry Elstrøm (signature ELSTRØM on the obverse bottom), Jean De Bast (signature J. DE BAST above year of issue on the reverse)

mint:

De Koninklijke Munt van België (in Dutch) / La Monnaie Royale de Belgique (in French) (The Royal Belgian Mint), Brussels (mintmark below F on the reverse, below 10 a privy mark of mint's chief Robert Vogeleer)

mintage:

1969	21 500 000
1970	10 495 000	+ 5 000 in annual sets
1971	14 990 000	+ 10 000 in annual sets
1972	14 990 000	+ 10 000 in annual sets
1973	9 983 222	+ 16 778 in annual sets
1974	4 979 392	+ 20 608 in annual sets
1975	4 954 248	+ 45 752 in annual sets
1976	7 485 000	+ 15 000 in annual sets
1977	6 954 062	+ 45 938 in annual sets
1978	2 453 763	+ 46 237 in annual sets
1979	4 950 003	+ 49 997 in annual sets

varieties:

Among coins struck in 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

interesting facts:

Large Coat of Arms of Belgium:

photo: Ssolbergj; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

last update: 9 XI 2015

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