v08_1928 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I 20 francs or rose, légende flamande 1914 Bruxelles
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 117.39 €
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 117.39 €
Type : 20 francs or rose, légende flamande
Date: 1914
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 125000
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,43 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief *****GOD BESCHERME* BELGIE* (Dieu protège la Belgique)
Coments on the condition:
Un petit coup sur la tranche
Obverse
Obverse legend : .ALBERT. KONING. - DER. BELGEN.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue à gauche, vêtu militairement.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 20 - F// 19-14 ; SIGNÉ G. DEVRESSE.
Reverse description : Écu posé sur un manteau couronné.
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - ALBERT I
(17/12/1909-17/12/1934)
Albert I (8/04/1875-17/02/1934) succeeded his uncle Leopold II in 1909. He had married Elisabeth of Bavaria in 1900 (1876-1965). During the First World War, he commanded the Belgian army and shared the fate of the soldiers, which earned him the title of "knight king". The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 gave him the territories of Eupen and Malmédy. He died in a climbing accident in Marche-les-Dames. His son Leopold III succeeded him.
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