Issuer Belgium
Period German occupation (1914-1918)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1915-1916
Value 5 Centimes (0.05 BEF)
Currency Franc (1832-2001)
Composition Zinc
Weight 2.5 g
Diameter 19 mm
Thickness 1.61 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 11 November 1923
The Belgian franc (Dutch: Belgische frank, French: Franc belge, German: Belgischer Franken) was the currency of the Kingdom of Belgium from 1832 until 2002 when the Euro was introduced. It was subdivided into 100 subunits, known as centiem (Dutch), centimes (French) or Centime (German).