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| Issuer | Congo Free State (1885-1908) |
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| Year | 1896 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | LEOP. II R. D. BELG. SOUV. DE L'ETAT INDEP. DU CONGO FERNANDUBOIS |
| Reverse description | The crowned coat-of-arms of the Congo Free State occupies the centre of the field, featuring a quartered shield with the Belgian lion passant in the central escutcheon, surmounted by a royal crown. The shield is flanked on either side by crossed tropical palm fronds, whose fronds extend across much of the field in a decorative arrangement. The denomination 2 FRANCS appears in the upper legend, while the date 1896 is inscribed within a recessed cartouche at the base. The motto TRAVAIL ET PROGRES is absent from this obverse but present in the full legend. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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