Live auction - fwo_579140 - CONGO - CONGO FREE STATE - LEOPOLD II 5 Francs 1887 Bruxelles
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | 560 € |
| Maximum bid : | 722 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2020 19:07:02 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : 5 Francs
Date: 1887
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 8000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,95 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief * TRAVAIL ** ET ** PROGRES *
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie a été nettoyée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II R. D. BELGES SOUV. DE L'ETAT INDEP. DU CONGOA.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Léopold II à gauche ; signé au-dessous L. WIENER.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 5 FRANCS/ 1887.
Reverse description : Écu couronné du Congo soutenu par deux lions ; au-dessous, un bandeau inscrit en relief TRAVAIL ET PROGRES.
Commentary
Pour cette pièce, il existe deux modèles pour l'effigie. Du premier modèle avec LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES, 100 pièces de 5 francs furent frappées ; le second modèle porte LEOPOLD II R. DES BELGES. 30.000 pièces furent fabriquées en 1891. Ce type fut fabriqué en 1887, 1891, 1894 et 1896. Ici nous sommes en présence de la plus rare des variantes avec le millésime 1896 regravé sur 1894.
Historical background
CONGO - CONGO FREE STATE - LEOPOLD II
(1885-1908)
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 expansionist visions of Napoleon III in 1866-1869. His reign was marked by the economic development of Belgium on the industrial level. Belgium 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. King Leopold II had bequeathed the Congo to Belgium in 1908.
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CONGO - CONGO FREE STATE - LEOPOLD II 5 Francs 1887 Bruxelles AU
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