France 1806-L 1/4 franc

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71442

This specimen was lot 71442 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Empire. Quart de Franc (1/4 Franc), 1806-L. Bayonne Mint. Napoleon I. PCGS AU-50. Though a minor planchet flaw is noted near the rims, this delightful example displays only a slight degree of circulation, with the toning providing a good deal of character. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Ted Uhl at the NEOCC in Cleveland on 21 July 1972 for $35)." This type was struck 1806-07 with eleven different date-mintmark combinations, of which the 1806-A is the only one at all common. In 1806 the French revolutionary calendar was dropped and normal AD dating resumed.

Recorded mintage: 17,661^[2], a better date.

Specification: 1.25 grams, 0.900 fine silver, 15 mm diameter, decorated edge. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, 1763-1819.

Catalog reference: F.159/2, KM-670.4; Gad-347.

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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France 1806-L 1/4 franc

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