France 1810-H 2 francs

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71354

This specimen was lot 71354 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, 1810-H. La Rochelle Mint. Napoleon I. PCGS VG-10. An example that clearly saw decades in commerce, this minor displays a fair degree of wear, but nevertheless remains entirely wholesome and the only representative of the type in the PCGS census. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Carol Plante on 8 December 1981 for $45)." This type was struck 1809-14 during the reign of Napoleon I from numerous mints. The specimen shown is from La Rochelle and is a rare date, like most of the 69 dates known for the type.

Recorded mintage: 5,686^[2], a rare date.

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

Catalog reference: F.255/12, KM-693.6; 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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