v11_2288 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 2 francs, barbe large et légende flamande 1909 Bruxelles
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
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Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
unsold lot
Type : 2 francs, barbe large et légende flamande
Date: 1909
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 1087500
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,97 g.
Edge : cannelée
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire avec d’infimes marques de circulation. Patine rosée au droit. Très beau revers avec encore les traces de polissage du coin
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II KONING - DER BELGEN.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Léopold II à gauche ; au-dessous TH. VINÇOTTE.
Obverse translation : (Léopold II roi des Belges).
Reverse
Reverse legend : 2/ FRANK/ 1909.
Reverse description : Entre deux branches de vigne et de chêne.
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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