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fwo_540655 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD I 2 1/2 Francs petite tête nue 1849 Bruxelles

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD I 2 1/2 Francs petite tête nue 1849 Bruxelles AU
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Price : 250.00 €
Type : 2 1/2 Francs petite tête nue
Date: 1849
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 1201707
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,48 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : LEOPOLD PREMIER - ROI DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Léopold Ier à gauche ; signé L. WIENER au-dessous.

Reverse


Reverse legend : L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE/ 1849// 2 1/2 - F..
Reverse description : Écu couronné aux armes de Belgique entre deux branches d'olivier.

Commentary


La dénomination de 2,50 francs est rare. Elle va de pair avec une pièce de 25 francs en or. Cette pièce est créée suite à la loi du 31 mars 1847 et aux arrêts du 9 avril 1847 et des 12 et 17 mai 1848. 2.721.413 pièces furent frappées entre 1848 et 1850. 43,30% des pièces n'ont pas été officiellement refondues après la démonétisation de la loi du 7 mars 1867. À titre d'exemple on peut évaluer le profit réalisé par les refontes non officielles sur les pièces de 2,50 francs à 340.000 francs-or, ce qui est énorme, à une époque où le salaire mensuel de base était de 180 francs or. Pour 1848 et 1849, il existe deux variétés avec la petite et la grosse tête. La variété avec la grosse tête est beaucoup plus rare.
The 2.50 franc denomination is rare. It goes hand in hand with a 25 franc gold coin. This coin was created following the law of March 31, 1847 and the decrees of April 9, 1847 and May 12 and 17, 1848. 2,721,413 coins were minted between 1848 and 1850. 43.30% of the coins were not officially remelted after the demonetization of the law of March 7, 1867. As an example, we can estimate the profit made by unofficial remeltings on 2.50 franc coins at 340,000 gold francs, which is enormous, at a time when the basic monthly salary was 180 gold francs. For 1848 and 1849, there are two varieties with the small and large head. The variety with the large head is much rarer.

Historical background


BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD I

(4/06/1831-10/12/1865)

Leopold (16/12/1790-10/12/1865) is the son of François de Saxe-Cobourg and the uncle of Victoria I. He fights Napoleon in the Russian army. Naturalized English in 1816, he married Charlotte of Hanover and found himself a widower the following year. Léopold had just refused the crown of Greece when he was elected King of the Belgians on June 4, 1831. The following year, he married Louise d'Orléans (1812-1850), the daughter of Louis-Philippe. She gives him three children including Leopold II and Charlotte, the unfortunate wife of Maximilian of Austria, shot in Mexico. He is morganatically married to the actress Caroline Bauer from whom he must separate to marry the daughter of the King of the French. The London Conference of July 1831 settled territorial problems and the treaty of eighteen articles was accepted by the National Congress on July 9, 1831. Leopold was triumphantly welcomed on July 21, 1831. He had to fight against the Dutch army and received the nickname of "shield of Belgium", safeguarding the independence of the "flat country" against the Prussia of William I and the France of Napoleon III. He relies politically on England.

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