v08_1922 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 20 francs or, 4e type 1878 Bruxelles
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 74.70 €
Estimate : 99.09 €
Realised price : 96.81 €
Starting price : 74.70 €
Estimate : 99.09 €
Realised price : 96.81 €
Type : 20 francs or, 4e type
Date: 1878
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 2555400
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,45 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief ***** DIEU* PROTEGE* LA* BELGIQUE
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Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II - ROI DES BELGES/ 1878.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Léopold II à droite ; au-dessous L W.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE.
Reverse description : Écu entouré du collier de l'Ordre de Léopold posé sur un manteau couronné ; 20 - FR.
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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