v08_1924 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 5 francs, type provisoire 1867 Bruxelles
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 3 353.88 €
Estimate : 4 878.37 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 3 353.88 €
Estimate : 4 878.37 €
unsold lot
Type : 5 francs, type provisoire
Date: 1867
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 3693144
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,91 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief ***** DIEU* PROTEGE* LA* BELGIQUE
Rarity : R3
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 LEOP. WIENER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE/ 1867.
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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