Wetteren During the spring mid-term break, you can in LEGO store Brick Planet in the Moerstraat in Wetteren pay with old Belgian francs. That action last year, was also already a huge success.
“There was actually, with everything paid for as a medium of exchange. Notes of 5 and 10 franc whose existence I did not even know. Oorlogsgeld, banknotes of the Belgian army and money for the creation of Belgium. The oldest coin that we received was one from the 1700s. And we got even Nazi coins with swastika. But also a lot of notes of 20 and 50 francs. Rare pieces I have given to collectors and the notes from the 100 franc, I could still go to redeem at the National bank. But above all it is a fun stunt because all that money is worthless and not to trade. I can join a room wallpapered and the coins, I still can sell as scrap metal,” laughs Eric De Bachere of Brick Planet.
