fwo_1002117 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 5 Francs 1873
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Type : 5 Francs
Date: 1873
Quantity minted : 22341000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25,03 g.
Edge : inscription en relief : DIEU PROTEGE LA BELGIQUE ***
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Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Léopold II tête à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE / 1873.
Reverse description : Écu couronné de Belgique entre deux rameaux d’olivier, valeur faciale.
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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