Belgian franc

Also known as BEF

currency of the Kingdom of Belgium from 1832 until 2002

Key facts

1: 40.3399 francs
Code: BEF
Unit: franc
Plural: francs ( French ) , frank ( Dutch ) , franken ( German )
Symbol: fr. ‎
1 100: centime ( French ) , centiem ( Dutch ) , Centime ( German )
Centime french centiem dutch centime ger: centimes ( French ) , centiem ( Dutch )
Freq used: 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000 fr.
Rarely used: 10,000 fr.
Date of introduction: 5 June 1832
User s: None, previously:, Belgium , Luxembourg (alongside Luxembourgish Franc )
Central bank: National Bank of Belgium
Website: www .nbb .be
Printer: National Bank of Belgium
Mint: National Bank of Belgium
Since: 13 March 1979
Fixed rate since: 31 December 1998
Replaced by euro non cash: 1 January 1999

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Encyclopedic overview

The Belgian franc was the currency of the Kingdom of Belgium from 1832 until 2002 when the euro was introduced. It was subdivided into 100 subunits, each known as a centiem in Dutch, or centime in French and German.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belgian franc” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.