fwo_1076319 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 2 Centimes 1870 Bruxelles
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Type : 2 Centimes
Date: 1870
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 5653780
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,95 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Grande L cursive couronnée, au-dessous : (date).
Reverse
Reverse legend : L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE.
Reverse description : Lion assis à droite, la patte appuyée sur une table inscrite : CONSTITUTION/ BELGE/ 1831 ; à l’exergue : 10 CENTs. et signature BRAEMT F..
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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