Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union)

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historical currency national currency

The Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union) was Belgium’s national currency aligned with the bimetallic standards and harmonized coinage system of the 19th–20th century Latin Monetary Union.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Belgian franc	2
Belgian franc (post–Latin Monetary Union)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical currency ⓘ national currency ⓘ
aim	stabilize exchange rates among member countries ⓘ
alignedWith	Latin Monetary Union standards ⓘ
basedOn	French franc model ⓘ
category	Currencies of Belgium ⓘ Latin Monetary Union currencies ⓘ
circulationForm	banknotes ⓘ coins ⓘ
coinageSystem	harmonized with Latin Monetary Union ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
currencyOf	Belgium ⓘ
denominationSystem	decimal ⓘ
exchangeParity	1 Belgian franc = 1 French franc (LMU parity) ⓘ
governedBy	Belgian monetary authorities ⓘ
historicalContext	19th-century European monetary integration ⓘ
introducedAfter	Belgian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Belgian revolution of 1830
legalTenderIn	Belgium ⓘ
metalStandard	gold ⓘ silver ⓘ
monetaryRegime	bimetallism ⓘ
monetaryStandard	bimetallic standard ⓘ
monetaryUnion	Latin Monetary Union ⓘ
peg	French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ
period	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
purpose	facilitate multilateral convertibility among member states ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
relatedTo	French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ Italian lira ⓘ surface form: Italian lira (Latin Monetary Union) Swiss franc ⓘ surface form: Swiss franc (Latin Monetary Union)
replacedBy	later Belgian franc issues outside LMU framework ⓘ
standardizedFeatures	denominations ⓘ fineness ⓘ weight ⓘ
status	obsolete currency ⓘ
subunit	centime ⓘ
subunitRatio	1 franc = 100 centimes ⓘ
successorCurrency	Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Belgian franc (post–Latin Monetary Union)
typeOf	franc-denominated currency ⓘ
usedBy	Federal Government of Belgium ⓘ surface form: Belgian government Belgian private sector ⓘ
usedFor	domestic payments in Belgium ⓘ international trade within Latin Monetary Union ⓘ
usedIn	Belgium ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greek drachma (Latin Monetary Union) → fixedExchangeWith → Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ

French franc (Latin Monetary Union) → referenceForExchangeRates → Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ

Euro → replacedCurrency → Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belgian franc

euro (indirectly, via later French franc) → replacedCurrency → Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ

subject surface form: euro

this entity surface form: Belgian franc

Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union) → successorCurrency → Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Belgian franc (post–Latin Monetary Union)