minte.be

2 francs - Leopold II - 50th anniversary of independence

Belgium · 1880 · 2 francs

Commemorative coinVery rareF · Fine

€11.00minimum price in F

117,647coins minted

€14.38silver value · 8.35 g fine at today’s price

N280 KM39 MOR190 LABFM-113

RZIn my collection · album RZRZ-4DFBV

Machine translationThis page was translated automatically from French.Read the original in French

Commemorative coin

50th anniversary of the Independence of Belgium (1830-1880).

The coin's story

This coin celebrates the golden jubilee of the young kingdom, attesting with panache to its sustainability and national pride.

Obverse

LEOPOLD I ★ LEOPOLD IIL. WIENER

The superimposed effigies of the first two kings of the Belgians, facing to the right (from left to right: Leopold I and Leopold II), surrounded by their names: LEOPOLD I and LEOPOLD II and under a 5-point star.

LWEngraved by Léopold Wiener

Reverse

ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE2 F1830 1880

L'écu couronné portant le lion belge posé sur un sceptre et un bâton de justice croisés et entouré du collier de l'Ordre de Léopold. La valeur nominale 2 F de part et d'autre de l'écu. Légende circulaire: " ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE 1830 - 1880 ".

Engraved by