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1 Franc - Léopold II Pattern
| Issuer | Congo Free State (1885-1908) |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Diameter | 23 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | LÉOP. II R.D. BELG. SOUV. DE L'ÉTAT INDÉP. DU CONGO FERNANDUBOIS |
| Reverse description | Central shield bearing the arms of the Congo Free State — divided quarterly with a rampant lion and a star — surmounted by a royal crown and flanked symmetrically by two palm fronds extending diagonally across the field. The denomination 1 FRANC appears in raised letters above the shield, and the date 1896 is inscribed in the lower exergual area, all within the coin's reeded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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