Cattaro 1813 franc
This specimen was lot 1644 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "MONTENEGRO: CATTARO: Napoleon 1, 1807-1814, AR franco, Cattaro, 1813, struck during the French Occupation, NGC graded XF40, RR. Cattaro (now known as Kotor) was an important seaport in Montenegro that came under the jurisdiction of the Napoleonic Empire in 1807. In October 1813, a force of Montenegrins with the aid of the British fleet laid siege to the city. The siege lasted until the early days of January 1814 when the French capitulated." A five francs and a ten francs also exist.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.5-6.3 g, silver, 19.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-1, Pagani-293, Mailliet-4
- Korchnak, Lawrence C., Siege Coins of the World, 1453-1902, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2021.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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