50 Centime Belgium Silver Leopold II of Belgium(1835 - 1909)

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1868

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1886, Kingdom of Belgium. Leopold II. Nice Silver 50 Centimes Coin.

Mint Year: 1886

Reference: KM-27.
Engraver: Leopold Wiener
Denomination: 50 Centimes
Material: Silver (.900)
Diameter: 18mm
Weight: 2.45gm

Obverse: Bearded bust of Leopold II left. Engraver´s name (“L. WIENER”) below.
Legend: LEOPOLD II ROI DES BELGES

Reverse: Crowned Belgian shield, splitting value (50-Cs). All within wreath.
Legend: L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE 18-86

Leopold II (French: Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor, Dutch: Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor) (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was King of the Belgians. Born the second (but eldest surviving) son of Leopold I, he succeeded his father to the throne in 1865 and remained king until his death. He was the brother of Empress Carlota of Mexico and first cousin to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. The regime of the Leopold’s African colony, the Congo Free State, became one of the more infamous international scandals of the turn of the century. The famous 1904 report by the British Consul Roger Casement led to the arrest and punishment of white officials who had been responsible for cold-blooded killings during a rubber-collecting expedition in 1903 (including one Belgian national for causing the shooting of at least 122 Congolese people). Outside Belgium, he is chiefly remembered as the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State, a private project undertaken by the King. The state included the entire area now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He ran the Congo as his personal fiefdom; for him it was a business venture. A friend of Henry Morton Stanley, he used Stanley to help him lay claim to the territory he called Congo. Leopold thought of himself as an astute businessman and he once spent a week in Seville studying Spanish records of their trade with their Latin American colonies.


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Belgien, Königreich. Leopold II. 1865-1909. 50 Centimes 1868. K.M. 26. Seltener Jahrgang. Schöne Patina. Vorzüglich

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Belgien, Königreich. Leopold II. 1865-1909. 50 Centimes 1886. K.M. 26. Schöne Patina. Vorzüglich +

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Belgien, Königreich, Leopold II. 50 Centimes 1866. K.M. 26. Stempelglanz

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1899,BELGIUM. 50 Centimes, 1899. NGC MS-63.Bogaert-1306 B1. Muled with 1907 Obverse. Interesting piece, obviously struck after the fact. Dark attractive toning with a lustrous reverse.

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Belgium. 50 Centimes, 1886. KM-27. Flemish. Leopold II head left. NGC graded MS-63. Estimated Value $100 - 125. The Judy Cahn Collection. Categories: World Crowns and Minors

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Belgium. 50 Centimes, 1868. KM-26. Leopold II. Rare in top grades. NGC graded AU-50. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700 Categories: World Crowns and Minors

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DEUTSCHLAND Bundesrepublik Deutschland Fehlprägungen 1 Euro-Cent o. J. (2002-). Mehrfache Zweifachprägung. 2.29 g. Sehr selten. FDC.

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FRANKREICH Königreich 5. Republik, 1959-. 10 Euro-Cent 1999. Erstprägung mit feinem Riffelrand. Offiziell in der Münzstätte entwertet. 4.08 g. Sehr selten. FDC.

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2000, France (5th Republic). Beautiful Gold "Last" Centime Coin. PCGS SP-69! Mint Year: 2000 Mint Place: Paris (A) Mintage: 25,000 pcs. References: KM-928a. Condition: Certified and graded ...
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