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Live auction - fwo_404451 - CONGO - CONGO FREE STATE - LEOPOLD II 5 Francs 1896/4 Bruxelles

CONGO - CONGO FREE STATE - LEOPOLD II 5 Francs 1896/4 Bruxelles VF
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Estimate : 1 100 €
Price : 600 €
Maximum bid : 650 €
End of the sale : 27 September 2016 17:44:10
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : 5 Francs
Date: 1896/4
Mint name / Town : Bruxelles
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,81 g.
Edge : inscrite en relief * TRAVAIL ** ET ** PROGRES *
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie présente une usure normale de circulation et est recouverte d’une fine patine grise de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann

Obverse


Obverse legend : LEOPOLD II R. D. BELGES SOUV. DE L'ETAT INDEP. DU CONGO.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Léopold II à gauche ; signé au-dessous L. WIENER.

Reverse


Reverse legend : 5 FRANCS/ 1896.
Reverse description : Écu couronné du Congo soutenu par deux lions ; au-dessous, un bandeau inscrit en relief TRAVAIL ET PROGRES.

Commentary


Pour cette pièce, il existe deux modèles pour l'effigie. Du premier modèle avec LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES, 100 pièces de 5 francs furent frappées ; le second modèle porte LEOPOLD II R. DES BELGES. 30.000 pièces furent fabriquées en 1891. Ce type fut fabriqué en 1887, 1891, 1894 et 1896. Ici nous sommes en présence de la plus rare des variantes avec le millésime 1896 regravé sur 1894.
For this coin, there are two models for the effigy. From the first model with LEOPOLD II KING OF THE BELGIANS, 100 5-franc coins were minted; the second model bears LEOPOLD II R. OF THE BELGIANS. 30,000 coins were produced in 1891. This type was produced in 1887, 1891, 1894 and 1896. Here we are in the presence of the rarest of the variants with the year 1896 re-engraved on 1894

Historical background


CONGO - CONGO FREE STATE - LEOPOLD II

(1885-1908)

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 expansionist visions of Napoleon III in 1866-1869. His reign was marked by the economic development of Belgium on the industrial level. Belgium 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. King Leopold II had bequeathed the Congo to Belgium in 1908.

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