fme_976539 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Plaquette, Ostende
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Type : Plaquette, Ostende
Date: 1907
Mint name / Town : Belgique, Ostende
Metal : gold
Diameter : 37,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,99 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Trou de suspension à 12 heures. Présence de fines rayures, notamment au revers
Obverse
Obverse legend : OSTENDE // 1907.
Obverse description : Femme nue assise sur un dragon, tenant un élément. Signé : CARL NYS / BAETES.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LISSE.
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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