Belgium 1-CENTIME (KM76)
Lion
The Zoo Keeper is pretty certain there are no lions running around Belgium, yet here it is on a Belgium coin. The same lion, with its paw resting on a pair of stone tablets appears on several coins of Belgium. This is a heraldic lion -- the Lion of Belgium -- and the tablets represent the 1832 constitution of Belgium.
16.4 mm
Copper
KM76
ALBERT ROI DES BELGES
L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE CONSTITUTION BELGE 1831 1 CENT.
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