France 1809-MA 2 francs

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71350
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This specimen was lot 71350 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Empire. 2 Francs, 1809-MA. Marseille Mint. Napoleon I. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details. Lightly retoned a pleasing gunmetal gray and plumb hue, this minor offers a fairly charming strike for the type. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Lepczyk in March 1984 for $60). Ex: George Sobin Collection (Joseph Lepczyk - 3/1984) Lot # 1245 (part of)." This type was struck 1809-14 during the reign of Napoleon I from numerous mints. Many issues of this type (69 date-mintmark combinations are listed) are known from a handful (<10) of examples.

Recorded mintage: 26,722[2], a scarce date.

Specification: 10 g, 0.900 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, 1763-1819.

Catalog reference: F.255/6, KM-693.11; Gad-501.

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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