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2 Francs - Léopold II
| Issuer | Congo Free State (1885-1908) |
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| Year | 1887-1896 |
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| Currency | Franc (1887-1960) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, bearded effigy of King Leopold II facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and beard. The portrait, engraved by Léopold Wiener whose name appears in small capitals at the base of the neck truncation, occupies the majority of the field. The circumferential legend runs along the inner border of the dentilated rim, reading from lower left to upper right and continuing to lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | LEOP. II R. D. BELG. SOUV. DE L'ETAT INDEP. DU CONGO L. WIENER (Translation: Leopold II, King of the Belgians, Sovereign of the Free State of the Congo) |
| Reverse description | The arms of the Congo Free State — a shield bearing a horizontal-banded field with an inescutcheon charged with the Belgian lion rampant, and a five-pointed star in the upper sinister canton — are surmounted by a royal crown and flanked symmetrically by two palm fronds tied at the base, forming a wreath. The denomination '2 FRANCS' appears in the upper field to either side of the crown, and the date is placed in the exergue below the wreath. |
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