This is only my second post in the World Coin forum so excuse me if I get it wrong . I received this Coin that's described as a 1868 5 Francs K.M #24 . Can anyone help with grading and where to get Values . Thanks . This way I know how to repay a special friend when he's having a bad too.
When it comes to the valuation of World coins, I'd highly recommend the Krause World Coin Catalogs. However, as with any coin, the value listed isn't always absolute. https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/belgium-5-francs-km-24-1865-1878-cuid-1042413-duid-1283829 There are two major varieties of this coin that concern the orientation of the edge lettering for that particular date. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces276.html
Putting "Belgium 1868 5 francs ngc" on Google gives this as the first reference. As to condition, probably go as with US issues. I would guess XF
Yea - I'll give it a VF. I hope you use your coin collection to learn a little history. Leopold II was a very bad man. From Wikipedia - "Leopold's administration of the Congo was characterised by atrocities, including torture and murder, resulting from notorious systematic brutality. In 1890, George Washington Williams coined the term "crimes against humanity" to describe the practices of Leopold II of Belgium's administration of the Congo Free State.[1] The hands of men, women, and children were amputated when the quota of rubber was not met and millions of the Congolese people died. Colonial accounts typically emphasized Leopold's modernizing changes in the Congo and not the genocide he facilitated.
Wow . You learn something everyday as they say . I will look at this coin in a different way now . If he was so bad , why did he get put on their coinage .
Yea this guy was BAD. A popular thing he liked his lackeys to do was to punish the man of the house for failing to meet quota by chopping off appendages of his wife or children. there’s a horrific photo of a Congolese man staring forlornly at the severed hand and foot of his 6 year old daughter. Google it I won’t post it here
Link with picture and more info. Read and look at your own risk https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/father-hand-belgian-congo-1904/
