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