10 Centimes - Léopold II

Obverse description	Central round perforation surrounded by four crowned royal monograms of Léopold II arranged symmetrically in the field, each rendered as an interlaced 'L' beneath a royal crown. A beaded inner border frames the central motif, while the outer legend reads around the periphery within a beaded outer border. The design is spare and heraldic in character, with no portrait effigy, reflecting the administrative rather than personal nature of the Congo Free State coinage.
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Reverse description	A large five-pointed star dominates the reverse, its points radiating outward in alternating plain and beaded bands to fill nearly the entire field; the central round perforation pierces the star at its core. The denomination '10' appears to the upper left of the star and 'Ces' (centimes) to the upper right, while a ring of seven small five-pointed stars is disposed around the lower periphery between the inner beaded border and the outer milled rim. The date appears in the exergue below the star, with the overall design emblematic of the Congo Free State's distinctive holed coinage series.
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