[1] [2] The 5 franc coin was minted between 1941 and 1947, first by the Germans during the occupation of Belgium, and then by the Belgian government after the end of World War II.
[4] [5] The 10 centimes coin was minted between 1941 and 1946, first by the Germans during the occupation of Belgium, and then by the Belgian government after World War II ended.
[6] [7] The 25 centimes coin was minted between 1941 and 1947, first by the Germans during the occupation, and then by the Belgian government after World War II ended.
[8] [9] The 2 franc coin was minted by the United States in 1944 in preparation for the Allied liberation of Belgium.
An Allied Occupation Issue, this coin was minted at the Philadelphia Mint with the blank planchets of the 1943 steel cent[10] Some of these coins have a slightly different weight, and thus their blank planchets would have been specifically made for this foreign denomination.