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  • 10 Francs 1969-1979, KM# 156, Belgium, Baudouin
  • 10 Francs 1969-1979, KM# 156, Belgium, Baudouin
Description

Baudouin (1930–1993) was King of the Belgians from 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo.

Obverse

Depicts a portrait in the left profile of Baudouin I of Belgium. Engraver's surname below.

Engraver: Harry-Arnold Elstrøm

Elstrøm

Reverse

Depicts the Greater version of the Coat of arms of Belgium dividing denomination, country name in French above, engraver's name and date below. Privy mark on the left, mint mark on the right.

The Greater coat of arms consists of the shield, the royal crown, the crossed sceptres, the collar of the Order of Leopold. The shield bears a lion known as Leo Belgicus (Latin: the Belgian lion). Behind the shield are placed a hand of justice and a sceptre with a lion. The grand collar of the Order of Leopold surrounds the shield. Two lions guardant proper support the shield. Underneath the compartment is placed the motto Unity Is Strength in French. Above the mantle rise banners with the arms of the nine provinces that constituted Belgium in 1837. They are (from dexter to sinister) Antwerp, West Flanders, East Flanders, Liège, Brabant, Hainaut, Limburg, Luxembourg and Namur.

Royal Belgian Mint
• Mintmark: Head of Archangel Michael (Saint-Patron of Brussels)
• Director's privy mark: Stylized blackbird with "V" on chest (Robert Vogeleer, 1963-1987)

Engraver: Jan De Bast

BELGIE
10 F
EENDRACHT MAAKT MACHT
J DE BAST
1978

Edge

10 Francs

Dutch Text
KM# 156 Schön# 124 LA# BFM-151
Characteristics
Material Nickel
Weight 8 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness 2.02 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Alt # KM# 156.1, KM# 156.2
Mint
Royal Belgian Mint

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