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The Belgian franc [b] was the currency of the Kingdom of Belgium from 1832 until 2002 when the euro was introduced. It was subdivided into 100 subunits, ...
The 5 franc coin was minted between 1941 and 1947, first by the Germans during the occupation of Belgium, and then by the Belgian government after the end of World War II. The coin composed of 100% zinc, and was an emergency issue type.
Like the French franc, the Belgian and Luxembourg francs ceased to exist on 1 January 1999, when they became fixed at 1 EUR = 40.3399 BEF/LUF, thus a Belgian or Luxembourg franc was worth €0.024789. Old franc coins and notes lost their legal tender status on 28 February 2002. One Luxembourg franc was equal to one Belgian franc.
The National Bank of Belgium holds the copyright on the designs of the Belgian franc banknotes. As long as reproductions in advertising or illustrations cannot be mistaken for genuine banknotes they can be used without prior authorisation of the Bank of Belgium (official notice concerning the reproduction of banknotes for publicity reasons or ...
Following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands, the Belgian franc was adopted in 1839 and circulated in Luxembourg until 1842 and again from 1848. Between 1842 and 1848, Luxembourg (as part of the German Zollverein) used the Prussian Thaler. In 1854, Luxembourg began issuing its own franc, at par with the Belgian franc (BF/FB).
Major Fränzel, who spoke French, demanded a ransom of 60,000 Belgian francs, which was later reduced to 15,000 Belgian francs after consultation with his superiors. [48] [49] [50] That evening, 108 civilians [51] who had been hiding in the cellars of the large Leffe fabric factory decided to surrender.
Andrée Grandjean obtained 50,000 Belgian francs to cover the printing costs from businessman Alfred Fourcroy, who was also in charge of an escape network for Allied pilots. [4] The newspapers were distributed on 9 November 1943 across a series of busy newsagents.
Coppieters himself subsequently offered 25,000 Belgian francs for the safe return of the panels which some interpreted as evidencing a lack of commitment to the stolen artwork. [8] In any event, only one of the panels had been returned by 2015, although a copy of the missing one, produced by the restorer Jef Van der Veken , has been substituted ...