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v08_1923 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Essai de 10 francs or 1870 Bruxelles

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Essai de 10 francs or 1870 Bruxelles MS
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 7 317.55 €
Estimate : 9 909.19 €
unsold lot
Type : Essai de 10 francs or
Date: 1870
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,02 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
État de conservation exceptionnel pour ce type avec son brillant d'origine et un flan miroir / Aucune trace de circulation n'est visible hormis d'infimes petites marques de manipulation sur le listel
Catalogue references :

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 ; 10 - FR.

Commentary


Poids lourd.

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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