France 1810-Q 5 francs

Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, part of lot 71354

This specimen was part of lot 71354 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), which sold for $2,684. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Empire. Group of 5 Francs (10 Pieces), Year 13 (1804/5) to 1811. Napoleon I. Average Grade: VERY FINE Details to ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. 1) Year 13-W (1804/5), Lille. ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. Cleaned. 2) 1806-I, Limoges. ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. Cleaned. 3) 1806-Q, Perpignan. VERY FINE. Scratched. 4) 1807-M, Toulouse. EXTREMELY FINE. Scratched. 5) 1808-D, Lyon. EXTREMELY FINE. Cleaned. 6) 1808-I, Limoges. EXTREMELY FINE. Cleaned. 7) 1809-M, Toulouse. ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. Cleaned. 8) 1810-M, Toulouse. VERY FINE. Cleaned. 9) 1810-Q, Perpignan. VERY FINE. Cleaned. 10) 1811-A, Paris. VERY FINE. Cleaned. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. From the Richard Margolis Collection." Shown is a Napoleonic five francs struck at the Perpignan mint (mint mark "Q") in 1810. It is a fairly scarce date of a common type. The various designs of Napoleonic five francs form eight distinct types of which this is the last, struck 1809-14 with a complete set of this type comprising 86 date and mintmark combinations, some very rare. The 1810-A is the common mint for the year. In 1809, the reverse was revised to read "EMPIRE FRANÇAISE".

Recorded Mintage: 117,838^[2].

Specification: 37 mm diameter, 25 grams, 0.900 fine silver, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, 1763-1819.

Catalog reference: Gadoury 584, Dav-84; F.307/24, KM 694.12.

Source:

Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
^[2]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies. Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
^[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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