Jeugdherinneringen aan vava die op café ging wiezen en een sloot muntgeld had.
kop mo ne pak sigaretn, geet ton nog fuv frang voe spekn
In today’s “I’m old” thought…. it just occurred to me that the frank was phased out 20 years ago, so there must be loads of people on here that have never used this currency.
I remember getting one of these bad boys after working a whole day in the garden. I felt like the richest kid of the neighbourhood.
As a kid these were my favorites too. Especially the shiny ones that seemed to come straight from the muntenfabriek
Each taste to their own. I would not even pay 0,50 EURO cent.
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Still have allot of older (Belgium) coins.
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50cent and you where queen of the local neighborhood store.
So many candy options!
Prachtige munt in het zilver, gerafeld aan de zijkanten
Daar kocht ik mijn worstenbroodjes mee!
Wat nu toch al gauw 1,75-1.80€ is
Wow that was my lunch back in school for a simple “american’ sandwich at the butcher
Ah, the best of all coins. A little bit smaller, yet thicker than 20BEF or 5BEF, in a beautiful silver sheen, rubbed on the outside, modernistic design on the back, and it genuinely felt like it was a lot of money.
We used to save these in a Schnapps glass, nine could fit in one, the diameter was precisely fitted for one coin.
Indoor Kermis Kortrijk expo during x-mas vacation, all rides 50bef, good times.
Belgie is gestorven toen de euro werd ingevoerd.
Nice, i found this one in my old garage few years ago, for some reason i like to keep it in my wallet
[https://i.imgur.com/e6NogpG.png](https://i.imgur.com/e6NogpG.png)
met 20 frank kon ik indertijd op het BKO nog een soepke kopen in de automaat
I always keep a 1 Frank in my wallet from my birthyear 1989.
Ooh shiny!
Still have euro 50fr somewhere
With 50 frank you could buy 2 pintjes vroeger.
Wasn’t it so pretty that people kept them instead of spending so there weren’t enough in circulation?
I prefer the gold colored 5 f, the silver is too plain for me. You should give it a good polish though, it will be even nicer.
The good old days where everything was 50f instead a brood that was 20f. When everything was affordable.
Very simple. Beautiful yes..
And sometimes you would encounter the luxembourgh version
Remember the time you could get 3 breads at the bakery and bought 5 candy at 1F with this in your pocket.
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My favourite coin too. My mom would save these throughout the year and then take us to de kermis.
And incredibly valuable for coin money for the time.
More than a Euro.
Imagine, the US still has 1 dollar bills.
Isn’t it franc?
God, I wasted so much of those on the slotsmachine of my local youth pub. If I won I always bought a meter of booze fornme and my friends.
Around 500BFR would be a meter beer and if I had 1000BFR I did a meter of vodka redbull.
Good times ! (cant wait till they invent time traveling)
I remember they had that weird teeth pattern all around it. While the 20 franc had tiny holes all around it
Ah yes, 1 credit for 20 BEF, 3 for 50.
Dude,you’re rich!
Back then you’d have a full day worth of kermis with it.
Now 1.25eur will not even get you a drink
No zoomer to be found in the comments, only nostalgic old farts including myself.
Turns out you can still exchange old notes, [but sadly no longer exchange coins.](https://www.nbb.be/nl/faq/ik-heb-bankbiljetten-en-munten-oude-belgische-frank-gevonden-waar-kan-ik-ze-inwisselen#:~:text=Muntstukken,echter%20niet%20meer%20worden%20ingewisseld.)
Vroeger was dat me zakgeld voor 1 week.
Jeugdherinneringen aan vava die op café ging wiezen en een sloot muntgeld had.
kop mo ne pak sigaretn, geet ton nog fuv frang voe spekn
In today’s “I’m old” thought…. it just occurred to me that the frank was phased out 20 years ago, so there must be loads of people on here that have never used this currency.
I remember getting one of these bad boys after working a whole day in the garden. I felt like the richest kid of the neighbourhood.
As a kid these were my favorites too. Especially the shiny ones that seemed to come straight from the muntenfabriek
Each taste to their own. I would not even pay 0,50 EURO cent.
​
Still have allot of older (Belgium) coins.
​
50cent and you where queen of the local neighborhood store.
So many candy options!
Prachtige munt in het zilver, gerafeld aan de zijkanten
Daar kocht ik mijn worstenbroodjes mee!
Wat nu toch al gauw 1,75-1.80€ is
Wow that was my lunch back in school for a simple “american’ sandwich at the butcher
Ah, the best of all coins. A little bit smaller, yet thicker than 20BEF or 5BEF, in a beautiful silver sheen, rubbed on the outside, modernistic design on the back, and it genuinely felt like it was a lot of money.
We used to save these in a Schnapps glass, nine could fit in one, the diameter was precisely fitted for one coin.
Indoor Kermis Kortrijk expo during x-mas vacation, all rides 50bef, good times.
Belgie is gestorven toen de euro werd ingevoerd.
Nice, i found this one in my old garage few years ago, for some reason i like to keep it in my wallet
[https://i.imgur.com/e6NogpG.png](https://i.imgur.com/e6NogpG.png)
met 20 frank kon ik indertijd op het BKO nog een soepke kopen in de automaat
I always keep a 1 Frank in my wallet from my birthyear 1989.
Ooh shiny!
Still have euro 50fr somewhere
With 50 frank you could buy 2 pintjes vroeger.
Wasn’t it so pretty that people kept them instead of spending so there weren’t enough in circulation?
I prefer the gold colored 5 f, the silver is too plain for me. You should give it a good polish though, it will be even nicer.
The good old days where everything was 50f instead a brood that was 20f. When everything was affordable.
Very simple. Beautiful yes..
And sometimes you would encounter the luxembourgh version
Remember the time you could get 3 breads at the bakery and bought 5 candy at 1F with this in your pocket.
It’s was in the 80’s