Belgium 1909 2 francs

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74362
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This specimen was lot 74362 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "BELGIUM. 2 Francs, 1909. Brussels Mint. Leopold II. NGC MS-65. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This type was struck 1904 and 1909. A version with Flemish legends (KM 59) also exists. The last silver two francs was issued in 1912.

Recorded mintage: 1,088,000.

Specification: 10 g, 0.835 fine silver, 27.15 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-58.1.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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