5 Centimes - Léopold II

Features

Issuer	Belgian Congo › Congo Free State (1885-1908)
King	Leopold II (1885-1908)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1906-1908
Value	5 Centimes (0.05)
Currency	Franc (1887-1908)
Composition	Copper-nickel
Weight	2.5 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round with a round hole
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 22554
References	KM# 9 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , LA# VCM-4 Laurens Aernout; 2017. Catalogus van Belgische Numismatische Uitgiften / Volume 2017: 1831-2017. Numismatica Zuidwest-Vlaanderen, Europees Genootschap voor Munt- en Penningkunde.

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Obverse

Crowned monograms surrounded by legend

Script: Latin

Lettering: *LEOP.II R.D.BELGES SOUV.DE L'ETAT INDEP.DU CONGO

Reverse

Denomination above and date below radiant star

Script: Latin

Lettering:
*** 5 Ces ***
1906

Edge

Plain

Mint

Royal Mint of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium (983-2017)

Comments

22.08.2019: // Both the official Belgian Numismatic Catalogue (CBNU) of 2019 and the official mintage tables of the Belgian Royal Mint state that 800,000 and not 180,000 pieces were minted of the 5 centimes in 1908 . It has recently been discussed on Belgian coin collecting groups on Facebook whether the mintage of 180,000 pieces for the year 1908 was correct or not, and as it turns out, most websites seem to have mistakenly copied the mintage of the 5 centimes 1909 (which is 1,800,000) and pasted it into the 'mintage' slot on their websites (including the ones on Numista, but also on IBelgica and even NGC) and, also mistakenly, deleted the last '0' in the number. In conclusion: the mintage of the 5 centimes 1908 is 800,000 and not 180,000. References: AERNOUT, L., Catalogus van Belgische Numismatische Uitgiften, 2019, p. 463.

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Date	Mintage	F	VF		Frequency
Undetermined
1906	100 000		$ 20		35%
1908	800 000	$ 7.50	$ 14	overdate variety exists	77%

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