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fwo_795615 - BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Essai 2 Francs légende française 1866

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - LEOPOLD II Essai 2 Francs légende française 1866 AU NGC

3 150.00 €(Approx. 3370.50$ | 2709.00£)
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Type : Essai 2 Francs légende française
Date: 1866
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R2
Slab
slab NGC
NGC : PF61
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sous coque NGC PF61
Catalogue references :
Dupriez1013

Obverse

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE / 1866.
Reverse description : Écu rond couronné aux armes de Belgique entre deux palmes.

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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