1997 AD., Belgium, Albert II, Brussels mint, 1 Frank, Dutch text type, KM 188.

Belgium, Albert II, Brussels mint, mintmaster R. Coenen, engraver J.-A. Keusterman, 1997 AD.,
1 Frank (18 mm / 2,74 g), Dutch text type, nickel plated steel, 2,75 g. theor. mint weight, mintage 95.060.000 , coin alignment ↑↓, plain edge,
Obv.: ALBERT II , his head facing left, outline around back of head; smaller portrait.
Rev.: 19-97 / 1 FRANK / BEL-GIE , year, denomination and country, vertical line divides date and large denomination number; mint mark angel head / mintmaster´s privy mark scales to r., circular impressions of another coin´s rim.
KM 188 .

Year / Mintage
1994 75,060,000 (larger head)
1995 75,060,000 (larger head)
1996 95,060,000 (smaller head)
1997 95,060,000 (smaller head)
1998 75,060,000 (smaller head)
1999 5,000 (smaller head; medal alignment; in sets only) proof
1999 60,000 (smaller head; medal alignment; in sets only)
2000 5,000 (smaller head; medal alignment; in sets only) proof
2000 60,000 (smaller head; medal alignment; in sets only)
2001 5,000 (smaller head; medal alignment; in sets only) proof
2001 60,000 (smaller head; medal alignment; in sets only)

Albert II (born 6 June 1934) is the current King of the Belgians and a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He is the second son of the late King Leopold III (1901–1983) and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden (1905–1935). He ascended to the throne in 1993, upon the death of his older brother, Baudouin.