10 Belga

The 10 Belga gold coin, introduced in 1933, was Belgium's attempt to anchor its currency during the depths of the Great Depression, even as nations like Britain abandoned the gold standard.

Struck at the Brussels mint using 21.6 karat gold, it featured a design by Lucien De Greef: a Belgian lion on one side and the national arms on the other. Production ran sporadically until 1940, with mintages varying yearly based on economic pressures. We don't have exact figures for every year; records from that era are spotty, likely lost in wartime chaos.

Most of these coins never circulated widely, hoarded as the world slid into uncertainty. That makes them a quiet rarity now, far from the myths of buried treasure. If you ask me, after thirty years, it's just metal with a story—nothing more.