Belgium - 1 Franken Ghent WWI German Occupation

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Ghent Belgium Emergency WWI coin under German occupation; 2nd variety type where the expiration date given as 11.19 rather than the other type presented as 1.1. 1919. I've have the other type where the extra dot in a wide spaced '1 1' is very faint. So, I have three examples here in the Moneta Museum now. One with full dots, one with no 1st dot, and one that shows a weak dot. There's a better than even chance that KM, where it shows varieties with and w/o the dot, is mistaken. I think the die became filled and that the version with a weak 1st dot is merely a transitional example of a coin with just one die type. A nice example, well struck with a natural even tone on both sides.
OB, brass on iron: Rampant lion to the left within circles with a legend in Dutch (above) and French (below). Lettering: STAD = GENT (Flemish); VILLE DE GAND (French). Rampant Lion, symbol of Ghent, in the center. RX, copper on iron: 1915, 1 FR (Franken) at the center; Lettering: =REMBOURSABLE=UITBETAALBAAR=1 1.1919. [Translation: Refundable 1.1.1919].
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Here's a link to the article I wrote for the "NI Bulletin" [Sep/Oct 2023], the bimonthly publication of Numismatics International. It explores the conditions of the WWI minting of these unusual emergency coins of Ghent, Belgium - click this: [ link ]