France 1806-Q 2 francs

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74829
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This specimen was lot 74829 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Empire. 2 Francs, 1806-Q. Perpignan Mint. Napoleon I. PCGS VF-35. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1806-07 with seventeen different date-mintmark combinations, of which the 1806-A is the only one at all common. Many issues of this type are known from a handful (<10) of examples. All two francs issued prior to 1859, including this one, were demonetized in 1869 to make way for the succeeding issue which was only 0.835 fine.

Recorded mintage: 42,147, a somewhat scarce date.

Specification: 10 g, 0.900 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, edge lettered * DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE *, designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier.

Catalog reference: KM-658.12; Gad-496, F.252/8.

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.
  • Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies. Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
  • Guilloteau, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, Colonies 1670-1942 et Metropole 1774-1942, Versailles, 1942.
  • [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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