Live auction - fwo_416190 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 5 Francs, Cinquantenaire du Royaume (1830-1880) 1880 Bruxelles
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| Estimate : | 350 € |
| Price : | 200 € |
| Maximum bid : | 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 October 2017 17:52:04 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 5 Francs, Cinquantenaire du Royaume (1830-1880)
Date: 1880
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 6714
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD I - * - LEOPOLD II.
Obverse description : Têtes accolées de Léopold Ier et de Léopold II à droite ; signé au-dessous, LEOP WIENER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1830-1880.
Reverse description : La Belgique debout de face tournée à gauche, tenant la Constitution de 1831 de la main droite, une palme et une branche d'olivier de la main gauche, appuyée sur un lion debout de face entre la colonne de la Liberté et le Monument du Cinquantenaire.
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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