v08_1925 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 2 francs 1866 Bruxelles
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 579.31 €
Estimate : 762.25 €
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Starting price : 579.31 €
Estimate : 762.25 €
unsold lot
Type : 2 francs
Date: 1866
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 1942000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,97 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Un petit plat sur le listel à trois heures au droit. L'usure ne porte que sur la barbe de Léopold II au niveau du favori. Très jolie patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II - ROI DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Léopold II à gauche ; au-dessous L WIENER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE/ 18-66.
Reverse description : Écu couronné, brochant une main de justice et un sceptre surmonté d'un lion entouré du collier de l'ordre de Léopold accosté de 2 - F.
Commentary
Variété avec la croix surmontant la couronne.
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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