50 francs BELGIUM (1987-1993) (French)

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

in the coin centre face value: 50 F (FRANCS); along the bottom edge in two lines: BELGIQUE (Belgium in French) and year of issue

reeded

1987

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 year 1987) or Romain Coenen (in years 1988-1993)

1987	30 000 000	fenix	+ 10 000 in annual sets 1982-1988
1988	3 500 000	scale	+ 10 000 in annual sets 1982-1988
1989	15 000 000	scale	+ 60 000 in annual sets
1990	15 000 000	scale	+ 60 000 in annual sets
1991	3 500 000	scale	+ 60 000 in annual sets
1992	15 000 000	scale	+ 60 000 in annual sets
1993	15 000 000	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

Baudouin I (1930-1993) - King of the Belgians from 1951.