50 francs / frank BELGIUM (1960) Royal Marriage

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
30.0 mm	12.5 g	2.15 mm	Ag₈₃₅

obverse:

in the coin centre heads of queen and King of Belgium facing left; along the top edge: • BALDVINVS - FABIOLA • (BALDUINUS FABIOLA - first names of the royal couple in Latin); along the bottom edge: XV • XII • MCMLX (15 December 1960 in Roman digits)

reverse:

in the coin centre Coat of Arms of Coburg dynasty and Coat of Arms of queen's family; above the royal crown; below in two lines face value: F / 50 (50 FRANCS / FRANK); along the left and right edge branches of laurus; along the top edge: BELGICA (Belgium in Latin)

edge:

reeded

issue date:

14 IV 1961

withdrawal date:

designer:

Carlos van Dionant (signature C.VAN DIONANT. below King's neck on the obverse and initials C.v.D. below face value 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 the right branch on the reverse, below the left branch a privy of mint's chief Gaston Lamquet)

mintage:

1960

500 000

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:

Belgian Royal Couple: King Baudouin I and queen Fabiola (year 1969).

last update: 9 XI 2015

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