Silver 50 centimes of Louis-Philippe I, 1846
Details
What could it buy?Indicative
For this period in general, not for this coin in particular.
In the 1840s a man in Belgian industry earned on average about 1.56 francs a day (0.80 franc in the flax industry). A 1-centime piece was therefore roughly one 150th of such a day's pay. Indicative: the figures come from one 1846 enquiry and do not hold for every region or sector.
Confidence: medium
Sources:
- Denise de Weerdt, Loon- en levensvoorwaarden van de fabrieksarbeiders 1789-1850 · Antwerpen, S.M. Ontwikkeling; online transcription. Wages from an 1846 enquiry.
The story
Silver 50 centimes from 1846, struck at Rouen under Louis-Philippe I. The portrait and laurel wreath can still be made out, but the mint mark B is one of the few legible details.
