France 1809-W franc

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71396

This specimen was lot 71396 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Empire. Franc, 1809-W. Lille. Napoleon I. PCGS AU-58. Standing as the only such example of the type in the PCGS census, this near-Mint minor provides a deep gray and alluring russet tone across both sides. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Alain Weil in Paris on 13 March 2003 for $108)." This type was struck 1809-14. It was demonetized in 1869. The catalog^[2] notes 74 date-mintmark combinations for the type, some very rare.

Recorded mintage: 196,159^[2], a scarce date.

Specification: 5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, 1763-1819.

Catalog reference: F.205/11, KM-692.16; Gad-447.

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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