Live auction - fwo_601638 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD I 25 Francs or, tête nue 1848 Bruxelles
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Estimate : | 5 500 € |
Price : | 3 800 € |
Maximum bid : | 3 900 € |
End of the sale : | 08 December 2020 19:25:08 |
bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 25 Francs or, tête nue
Date: 1848
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : 321497
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,90 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R3
Slab

PCGS : MS65
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie est sous coque PCGS MS65
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEOPOLD PREMIER - ROI DES BELGES.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Léopold Ier à droite ; signé L WIENER au-dessous.
Reverse
Reverse legend : L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE/ 25 - FCS/ 7,915 - 18-48 - 900/M.
Reverse description : Écu entouré du collier de l'ordre de Léopold, posé sur un manteau couronné, brochant une main de justice et un sceptre.
Commentary
Ce type est fabriqué suite à la loi du 31 mars 1847 et aux arrêts des 9 avril et 12 mai 1847. 545.635 pièces furent produites entre 1848 et 1850. Ce type, démonétisé par la loi du 28 décembre 1850, et devenupresque introuvable, aurait pu avoir une grande importance historique si l'Union Latine n'avait pas sombré dans la grande guerre civile européenne de 1914. En effet, fabriquer une pièce de vingt cinq francs vise à se rapprocher des trois autres grands standardsle souverain, la pièce de vingt marks et la pièce de cinq dollars. Toutes ces monnaies, les plus utilisées par les populations des pays considérés, avaient des poids assez proches soit, en or fin, 7,31 g pour le souverain, 7,17 g pour la 20 markset 7,54 g pour la pièce de cinq dollars. On connait même des essais de pièces françaises, frappées sous Napoléon III, avec sur une face "25 francs" et sur l'autre "5 dollars". Les attaches économiques directes de la Belgique étaient très fortes avec les deux grands voisins, l'Angleterre et l'Allemagne, même si la majorité des échanges se passaient avec la France, dont elle avait adopté l'étalon monétaire et le nom de la monnaie. La 25 Francs belge aurait pu être une pièce prophétique si l'Union Latine avait vécu..
This type was manufactured following the law of March 31, 1847 and the decrees of April 9 and May 12, 1847. 545. 635 pieces were produced between 1848 and 1850. This type, demonetized by the law of December 28, 1850, and having become almost impossible to find, could have had great historical importance if the Latin Union had not sunk into the great European civil war of 1914.. In fact, producing a twenty-five franc coin aims to get closer to the three other major standards: the sovereign, the twenty-mark coin and the five-dollar coin.. All these coins, the most used by the populations of the countries considered, had fairly similar weights, namely, in fine gold, 7.31 g for the sovereign, 7.17 g for the 20 marks and 7.54 g for the five dollar coin.. We even know of attempts at French coins, struck under Napoleon III, with \\\"25 francs\\\" on one side and \\\"5 dollars\\\" on the other.. Belgium's direct economic ties were very strong with its two large neighbors, England and Germany, even if the majority of trade took place with France, whose monetary standard and coin name it had adopted.. The Belgian 25 Francs could have been a prophetic coin if the Latin Union had survived..
This type was manufactured following the law of March 31, 1847 and the decrees of April 9 and May 12, 1847. 545. 635 pieces were produced between 1848 and 1850. This type, demonetized by the law of December 28, 1850, and having become almost impossible to find, could have had great historical importance if the Latin Union had not sunk into the great European civil war of 1914.. In fact, producing a twenty-five franc coin aims to get closer to the three other major standards: the sovereign, the twenty-mark coin and the five-dollar coin.. All these coins, the most used by the populations of the countries considered, had fairly similar weights, namely, in fine gold, 7.31 g for the sovereign, 7.17 g for the 20 marks and 7.54 g for the five dollar coin.. We even know of attempts at French coins, struck under Napoleon III, with \\\"25 francs\\\" on one side and \\\"5 dollars\\\" on the other.. Belgium's direct economic ties were very strong with its two large neighbors, England and Germany, even if the majority of trade took place with France, whose monetary standard and coin name it had adopted.. The Belgian 25 Francs could have been a prophetic coin if the Latin Union had survived..