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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 2203684, member: 4910&quot;]Belgian Gold Leopolds are not as well known as French Gold Napoleons.</p><p><br /></p><p>The term itself is found in only a few places; King Leopold II was not as well known as Napoleon or Napoleon III.</p><p><br /></p><p>After I placed an order for two Napoleons, I saw a news article about a small hoard of gold coins found in Germany by a man with a metal detector. The article appeared on July 15, 2015, but the find occurred several months earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>The man was exploring old burial mounds in the town of Lüneburg, south of Hamburg, when he found some gold coins. He reported the find to authorities, and local archaelogists arrived to find a total of 217 gold coins, also found were remnants of the container and seals bearing the Nazi swastika and the stamp &quot;Reichsbank Berlin&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The find consisted of 217 gold coins, all with a diameter of 21mm and weight of 6.45 grams. The countries and totals were Belgium (128), France (74), Italy (12), and Austria-Hungary (3). The dates ranged from 1831 to 1910, and the denominations were 20 francs or equivalents. The current value of the coins based on the gold content was Euro €45,000 or US $49,500.</p><p><br /></p><p>A news photograph of some of the coins showed mostly Belgian coins with King Leopold II on them, which were made from 1867 to 1882.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had to have one:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_belgium_franc20_1878.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Belgium Gold Leopold 20 Francs 1878 - 6.43gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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