v20_1540 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 5 francs, type normal 1866 Bruxelles
MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 198.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 230.00 €
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 198.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 230.00 €
Type : 5 francs, type normal
Date: 1866
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 3693144
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,88 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief ***** DIEU* PROTEGE* LA* BELGIQUE
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
De nombreuses petites marques de manipulation sur les listels. Usure régulière. Petite tache sur le flan au droit au-dessus de la tête. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II - ROI DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Léopold II à gauche ; au-dessous LEOP. WIENER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE/ 1866.
Reverse description : Écu couronné, accosté de 5 - F. ; le tout entre deux branches d'olivier.
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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