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fwo_748527 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 5 Francs 1873

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II 5 Francs 1873 MS62 NGC
MS62
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 180.00 €
Type : 5 Francs
Date: 1873
Quantity minted : 22341000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 25 g.
Edge : inscription en relief : DIEU PROTEGE LA BELGIQUE ***
Slab
slab NGC
NGC : MS62
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sous coque NGC MS62
Catalogue references :
KM.19/24

Obverse

Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES.
Obverse description : buste à gauche de Léopold II.

Reverse

Reverse legend : L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE.
Reverse description : écu couronné de la Belgique, couronne de laurier.

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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