v08_1927 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 2 francs, Cinquantenaire du Royaume (1830-1880) 1880 Bruxelles
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Starting price : 381.12 €
Estimate : 457.35 €
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Type : 2 francs, Cinquantenaire du Royaume (1830-1880)
Date: 1880
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 117647
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,98 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire pour ce type avec une jolie patine de médaillier. Beaux portraits
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD I - * - LEOPOLD II.
Obverse description : Têtes accolées de Léopold Ier et de Léopold II à droite ; signé au-dessous, L. WIENER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE/ 1830-1880.
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.
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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