fwo_514262 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 10 Centimes légende française 1901
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Type : 10 Centimes légende française
Date: 1901
Quantity minted : 551995
Metal : copper nickel
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,58 g.
Edge : lisse
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES.
Obverse description : chiffre “10” et inscription “CENTIMES” dans un cartouche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE* 1901*.
Reverse description : lion héraldique et cartouche portant le nom du graveur “BRAEMT”.
Historical background
BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II
(10/12/1865-17/12/1909)
Leopold II (9/04/1835-17/12/1909) is the eldest son of Leopold I and Louise d'Orléans. He married Marie-Henriette, Archduchess of Austria, who bore him three daughters: Louise, Stéphanie, and Clémentine. He relied on England to repel the aims of Napoleon III in 1866-1869. His reign was marked by the economic and industrial development of Belgium, which also became a great colonial power thanks to the personal annexation of the Congo by the king at the Congress of Berlin in 1885. Without a male heir, his nephew Albert I succeeded him. in 1909. He bequeathed the Congo to Belgium in 1908.
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