France 1806-K franc

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71383

This specimen was lot 71383 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Empire. Franc, 1806-K. Bordeaux Mint. Napoleon I. PCGS VF-20. A VERY RARE and seldom seen type, this specimen, though heavily circulated, remains problem-free and exceptionally appealing. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Mike Geen at the ANA in Baltimore on 20 August 1985 for $50)." This issue, from the Bordeaux mint, is a rare date of a type struck 1806-07 only. A complete set of this type comprises 19 date and mintmark combinations, all rare except the 1806-A and 1806-L. In 1806 the French revolutionary calendar was dropped and normal AD dating resumed.

Recorded mintage: 3,155^[2], a rare date.

Specification: 5 grams, 0.900 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, decorated edge. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, 1763-1819.

Catalog reference: F.202/4, KM-672.5; Gad-444.

Sources:

Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
^[2]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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