1887 10C, BN MS64BN Certification #19972194, PCGS #217322

Belgium Congo, Free State, 10 Centimes Dated 1887. PCGS MS64BN. KM#4. Choice strike! Key Date of Series. Low mintage of only 40,000 pieces struck! The interior of the country was first explored by an American correspondnt, Henry Stanley. He was then commissioned by King Leopold II of Belgium to conclude development treaties with the local chiefs. The Berlin conference of 1885 awarded the area to Leopold, who administered and exploited it as his private property until it was annexed to Belgium in 1908.