正面
正面的文字 LEOP. II R. D. BELG. SOUV. DE L'ETAT INDEP. DU CONGO.
正面的说明书 Tête nue de Léopold II à gauche ; signé au-dessous L. WIENER.
背面
背面的文字 2 FRANCS / 1896.
背面的说明书 Écu couronné du Congo au-dessus de deux palmes croisées.
历史细节
CONGO - CONGO FREE STATE - LEOPOLD II
(1885-1908)
Leopold II (9/04/1835-17/12/1909) is the eldest son of Leopold I and Louise d'Orléans. He married Marie-Henriette, Archduchess of Austria, who bore him three daughters: Louise, Stéphanie, and Clémentine. He relied on England to repel the expansionist visions of Napoleon III in 1866-1869. His reign was marked by the economic development of Belgium on the industrial level. Belgium became a great colonial power thanks to the personal annexation of the Congo by the king at the Congress of Berlin in 1885. Without a male heir, his nephew Albert I succeeded him in 1909. King Leopold II had bequeathed the Congo to Belgium in 1908.