Talk:Belgian franc

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Usage date in Luxembourg

I appreciate the effort of adding this information. But I feel that it is more appropriate in the new succession box, like the one in German Mark. The reason for that is things written in the infobox are basically a list, therefore 1-dimensional. However, usage could transcends time and space, which is 2 dimensional. And the succession box represent this information in a better way.

Btw, the article said "1935-2002" for Luxembourg, but the article of Luxembourgish franc says the two francs are equal only since 1944. I'm not sure which one is correct. --Chochopk 02:44, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Luxembourgish franc article is correct.
Dove1950 20:53, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In 1921 : Economical treaty of union between Belgium and Luxembourg. In 1935 (23 mai), a monetary convention between the two countries with a parity 1:1 of both monetary units (for the fifty years : Belgian 2 euro commemorative coin). Flafla89 18:50, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From the Luxembourgish franc article :

1854-1865 : 1 LUF = 1 BEF
1865-1921-1926 : Latin Monetary Union, 1 LUF = 1 BEF
1926-1935 : BLEU : 1 LUF = 1 BEF
1935-1940 : 1 LUF = 1,25 BEF
1940-1944 : use of Reichsmark in Luxembourg
1944-1999 : 1 LUF = 1 BEF
1999- : Euro

--LucVerhelst 19:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Belgia: Two languages

Should it not be noted that all Belgian Francs were produced in two different language versions (French, Belgique and Dutch, België) until the Euro which does not have Belgium written on it at all. Before a date (which I do not know) all Belgian Francs were in French; Luxembourg Francs were both in French and Luxembourgise —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.112.182.48 (talk • contribs) 10:27, 29 October 2006

Yes, it should be mentioned. And it is the coins that had 2 versions. It should also mention that commemorative coins had 3 versions (fr, nl, and German) in later years. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 18:31, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Flemish -> Dutch

To call the language of the Flemish people Flemish is to degrade it to a mere dialect. We speak Dutch.

In Dutch, the Belgian franc was subdivided in 100 centiem, not 100 cent.

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Any reason why it was withdrawn in 1985? That would be good to get an answer. Enlil Ninlil 02:52, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The Belgian franc was the currency of the Kingdom of Belgium from 1832 until 2002, when the euro was introduced. The Belgian mint was innovative, and in 1860, the country became the first to introduce coins made of cupronickel. A few years later, in 1865, Belgium formed the Latin Monetary Union with France, Switzerland and Italy (Greece joined the system later), which facilitated trade between the countries by setting standards by which gold and silver currency could be minted and exchanged.

This 40-franc gold coin was minted in 1835, and depicts Leopold I, the first king of the Belgians following the country's independence in 1830, on the obverse. The coin is now part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

Coin design credit: Kingdom of Belgium; photographed by the National Numismatic Collection

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King of Belgium?

I know it is being technical, but there has never existed a King of Belgium. The Monarch is styled as King/Queen of the Belgians. Can we just say that the rest of this article has to resemble that detail?--85.165.190.29 (talk) 10:24, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

While I see you're correct that the style is "King (or Queen) of the Belgians", the only appearances of "of Belgium" following "king" or "queen" in the article include the monarch's or queen consort's name: "King Baudouin of Belgium". The distinction is consistent with the usage in the articles on each of those articles, including the ones that have "of Belgium" in their titles:

Queen Paola of Belgium: "Queen Paola of Belgium ... was Queen of the Belgians from 1993 to 2013 as the wife of the former King Albert II."
Albert II of Belgium: "Albert II ... was King of the Belgians from 1993 to 2013."
Queen Fabiola of Belgium: "Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón ... was Queen of the Belgians from her marriage to King Baudouin in 1960 until his death in 1993."

And there's no doubt that they are of Belgium. Even if not an official styling, it's correct in ordinary English usage and in substance. After all, if we insist that they're the monarchs of the Belgians but not of Belgium, then that makes Belgium a republic, doesn't it? Albeit a republic populated predominately by a people deemed the subjects of a monarch. I think that that's where being technical about it would take us. Largoplazo (talk) 11:28, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]