10 Centimes - Léopold II

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Beschrijving keerzijde	A large, boldly rendered five-pointed star with radiating lines and dotted ornamentation fills the central field, centered on the round hole. Three small five-pointed stars flank each side of the design in the field, arranged vertically at left and right. The denomination '10 C.' is inscribed in the upper field above the star, and the date '1909' appears in the exergue below. A toothed border encircles the entire reverse.
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Aanvullende informatie	Belgian Congo's first coinage was authorized in 1887 under the Congo Free State — Leopold II's personal possession, not a Belgian colony — but the 1909 issue appeared in the final year of his reign, after international outrage over rubber quota atrocities had already forced the transfer of the territory to the Belgian state in 1908. This coin therefore carries the king's effigy under a colonial authority he no longer personally controlled; he died in December 1909.