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tornado34jh

(1,220 posts) Thu Aug 8, 2024, 09:08 PM Aug 8

Found this coin while I was working at Publix in Lakeland. They don't make these anymore [View all]

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It's a 1950 5 Belgian Franc coin. It has Belgique, the French name for Belgium. It has the head of Ceres, the Greek goddess of Agriculture. Belgium went to the Euro in 2002. My aunt has a collection of foreign currency, most of which are no longer used.

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Found this coin while I was working at Publix in Lakeland. They don't make these anymore [View all] tornado34jh Aug 8 OP

Nice! Ptah Aug 8 #1

Thanks for making them bigger! MLAA Aug 8 #3

Most countries prior to the Euro being introduced had their own currency tornado34jh Aug 8 #4

interesting . i guess no one pays attention but u did thanks for sharing. AllaN01Bear Aug 9 #11

Super cool! MLAA Aug 8 #2

This was the currency of Belgium from 1832 until 2002, so a long time tornado34jh Aug 8 #5

Such long history compared to ours. Are you a coin collector? MLAA Aug 8 #6

No, but my uncle was in the Marines, so he went to a lot of places tornado34jh Aug 8 #7

I remember in 1976 when $2 was reissued. We got them in our Christmas stockings as a novelty. MLAA Aug 8 #8

My Grandpa was a coin collector Unwind Your Mind Aug 8 #9

I'd forgotten all about wheat pennies! MLAA Aug 9 #10

I enjoyed the nostalgic memory myself! Unwind Your Mind Aug 9 #12

I have never heard of wheat pennies before tornado34jh Aug 9 #16

Those probably are so rare now that they probably are valued quite high even though they are no longer used tornado34jh Aug 9 #15

Cool ProfessorGAC Aug 9 #13

Yeah, it's hard to find currency that is obsolete, but it is interesting nonetheless. tornado34jh Aug 9 #14