France 1809-W 2 francs

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, part of lot 71356

This specimen was part of lot 71356 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), which sold for $1,037. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Empire. Octet of 2 Francs (8 Pieces), 1809-13. Napoleon I. Grade Range: VERY FINE Details to EXTREMELY FINE Details. 1) 1809-W. Lille. VERY FINE. Cleaned. 2) 1811-L. Bayonne. EXTREMELY FINE. Cleaned, Edge Marks. 3) 1811-M. Toulouse. EXTREMELY FINE. 4) 1812-K. Bordeaux. VERY FINE. Tooled, Cleaned. 5) 1812-L. Bayonne. VERY FINE. Environmental Damage. 6) 1812-Q. Perpignan. VERY FINE. 7) 1813-M. Toulouse. EXTREMELY FINE. Cleaned. Ex: Sobin Collection. 8) 1813-Q. Perpignan. EXTREMELY FINE. Cleaned. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This type was struck 1809-14. It was demonetized in 1869. Le Franc^[2] notes 69 date-mintmark combinations for the type, some very rare, but the 1809-W from Lille is only scarce.

Recorded mintage: 62,152^[2].

Specification: 10 grams, 0.900 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, lettered edge. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, 1763-1819.

Catalog reference: F.255/9, KM-693.15; Gad-501.

Source:

Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

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