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This type was struck 1952-55. Later styles (KM 148.1 and 148.2), with slight changes to the miner's bust on the reverse, were struck until the coming of the euro in 2002. The coin is now obsolete.
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This type was struck 1952-55 along with a similar twenty centimes ([[Belgium 1953 20 centimes||KM 146]]). Later styles (KM 148.1 and 148.2), with slight changes to the miner's bust on the reverse, were struck until the coming of the euro in 2002. The coin is now obsolete.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 22,620,000 with French legends plus 22,930,000 with Dutch text (BELGIE).
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 22,620,000 with French legends plus 22,930,000 with Dutch text (BELGIE).
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* [[Belgium 1952 frank|1952 frank, Dutch legends]]
 
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* [[Belgium 1953 20 centimes|1953 20 centimes, French legends]]
 
* [[Belgium 1954 100 francs|1954 100 francs]]
 
* [[Belgium 1954 100 francs|1954 100 francs]]
 
* [[Belgium 1955 50 centimes|1955 50 centimes, French legends]]
 
* [[Belgium 1955 50 centimes|1955 50 centimes, French legends]]

Revision as of 14:07, 6 March 2025

from the Stonecat Collection
Belgium 1953 50 centimes rev DSLR.jpg

This type was struck 1952-55 along with a similar twenty centimes (|KM 146). Later styles (KM 148.1 and 148.2), with slight changes to the miner's bust on the reverse, were struck until the coming of the euro in 2002. The coin is now obsolete.

Recorded mintage: 22,620,000 with French legends plus 22,930,000 with Dutch text (BELGIE).

Specification: 2.75 g, bronze, 19 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 144.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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