Belgium 20 francs 1935

Belgium · 1935 · 20 francs

Circulating coinCommon

€7.81estimate

10,760,475coins minted

€12.26silver value · 7.48 g fine at today’s price

N2138 KM105 LABFM-169 BFM-170 SCHöN69 MOR448a

RZReference number RZRZ-KJH2Q

Circulating coin

Série de 20 francs de Léopold III (1934-1935)

The coin's story

Obverse: the effigy of King Leopold III facing left, above the legend, below the date split by the base of the neck and at the exergue the engraver's signature.

Reverse: a crown surmounting a wheat ear, a feather and a laurel leaf. At the centre at both ends: the face value 20 and FR. All surrounded by the circular legend in French and Flemish.

Obverse

♦ LEOPOLD III ♦1935RAU

The effigy of King Leopold III facing left, above the legend, below the date split by the base of the neck and at the exergue the engraver's signature.

MREngraved by Marcel Rau

Reverse

♦ ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE ♦20 FR♦ KONINKRIJK BELGIË ♦

A crown surmounting a wheat ear, a feather and a laurel leaf. At the centre at both ends: the face value 20 and FR. All surrounded by the circular legend in French and Flemish.

MREngraved by Marcel Rau

Specifications

Denomination20 francs
Year1935
Mintage10,760,475
MintMonnaie royale de Belgique, Bruxelles
MaterialSilver 0.680
ShapeRound
Diameter28 mm
Thickness2.3 mm
Weight11 g
EdgeLisse.**Inscription : BELGIQUE = BELGIE = (Belgique, en français et en néerlandais)
ScriptsLatin