A Belgian gold currency worth five Belgian francs for international transactions introduced in 1926
It is on the Rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthofstraat, after which it is named, where Belgian currency used to be minted.
It replaced the Congolese franc at par and was consequently initially equal to the Belgian franc.
At the trial, his stepson said that "In the early 1990s he entrusted me with envelopes. I had to hide them in my small supermarket. Once I counted the content, there were more than 100 million Belgian francs (2.5 million euro). Michel Demaret came back to fetch them.".
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