10 cent of Leopold III, 1941-1942
Details
What could it buy?
During the occupation a 900-gram loaf officially cost 2.40 francs, and only with a ration stamp: 24 of these coins. Wages were frozen at the level of May 1940, at least 32 francs a day for an unskilled labourer.
Approximate, in the prices and wages of the time.
The story
10 cent from 1941-1942, issued in Belgium under Leopold III. Affected by corrosion.
