Description: Metal: copperDiameter : 30 mmWeight: 9.85 gSignature :Leopold Wiener Belgium/Belgium - Universal Exhibition Antwerp/Antwerpen 1885 The 1885 World’s Fair, also known as the Wereldtentoonstelling van Antwerpen, is an international exhibition held in Antwerp, Belgium, between May 2 and November 2, 1885. It had an area of 220,000 m2, welcomed 3.5 million visitors and reached the break-even point of 1-4 million Belgian francs. There are officially 25 nations to have participated, including: Germany, Austria, Canada, the Ottoman Empire, Spain, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Serbia, the Kingdom of Romania, the United States as well as several South American states. Australian wool producers were dispatched to site and won prizes. A detailed description of the Exhibition was given by Anatole Bamps in the Revue internationale (Florence). The event took place 20 years after Leopold II’s accession to Belgium’s throne, and the same year Congo’s independent state was created, the fair was the first to have had a Congolese village, an element that was also present at the 18975 Brussels International Exhibition. It was also the venue for the first 24-hour watch made by Jean Joseph Lacoppe, a Walloon born in 1840 in Stavelot and later settled in Liège.
Price: 15.7 USD
Location: La Garde
End Time: 2025-01-14T16:09:00.000Z
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Brand: Unbranded
Era: 19th century
Metal: Copper
Product Type: Tokens
Type: Tokens
Year: 1885
Kind: Tokens
