Brussels (Mint, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/brussels

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Brussels (en), Brüssel (de), Bruxelles (fr), Bruxelles (it), Bruselas (es), Βρυξέλλες (el)Additional labels

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en
The mint(s) in the city of Brussels (Brussel/Bruxelles), the largest municipality and the historic centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the de jure capital of Belgium. The first coins were probably struck for the German Emperor Otto III (983–1002) and the Counts of Leuven (1015–1038). Coins were minted for the Dukes of Brabant and their successors until 1794, subsequently for the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (until 1830) and for Belgium until 2017 (since last year, Belgian coins are now minted in Utrecht and Houten in the Netherlands). Coins were also issued in Brussels during the insurrections of 1488–1489 and 1790, as well as emergency coinage in 1579–1580 and 1584. From 1758 to 2017, Brussels was the only mint in the Austrian Netherlands/Belgium. During the First World War, local paper money was produced there. In Brussels, coins were also produced for Luxembourg (1740–1790) and for Switzerland (1874, 1876). Medals were produced in Brussels too.

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URI: http://nomisma.org/id/brussels#this
Latitude
50.8467
Longitude
4.3517

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