France 1811-H franc

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This issue, from the La Rochelle mint, is a better date of a type struck 1809-14. In 1806 the French revolutionary calendar was dropped and normal AD dating resumed. This type is the last and probably the most available Napoleonic franc. It was demonetized in 1869. This specimen was lot 1703 in CGB sale 31 (Paris, June 2007). A complete set of this type comprises 74 date and mintmark combinations, many very rare. This date is priced^[1] about triple the common date (1811-A).

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

Recorded Mintage: 104,820^[1], 105,000^[2].

Catalog reference: Gad-447; F.205/31, KM 692.6.

Source:

• Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
• ^[1]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies. Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
• ^[2]Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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• 1810-L franc
• 1811-A ½ franc
• 1811-B ½ franc
• 1811-BB ½ franc
• 1811-L ½ franc
• 1811-MA ½ franc
• 1811-U ½ franc
• 1811-A franc
• 1811-B franc

• 1811-D franc
• 1811-I franc
• 1811-K franc
• 1811-L franc
• 1811-T franc
• 1811-A 2 francs
• 1811-B 2 francs
• 1811-L 2 francs
• 1811-M 2 francs
• 1811-MA 2 francs
• 1811-Q 2 francs
• 1811-W 2 francs
• 1811-A 5 francs
• 1811-B 5 francs
• 1811-BB 5 francs
• 1811-D 5 francs
• 1811-H 5 francs
• 1811-I 5 francs
• 1811-K 5 francs
• 1811-L 5 francs
• 1811-MA 5 francs
• 1811-Q 5 francs
• 1811-T 5 francs
• 1811-W 5 francs
• 1811-A 20 francs d'or
• 1811-K 20 francs d'or
• 1811-M 20 francs d'or
• 1811-U 20 francs d'or
• 1811-W 20 francs
• 1811-A 40 francs d'or
• 1811-K 40 francs d'or
• 1812-A franc
• 1812-B franc
• 1812-BB franc
• 1812-D franc
• 1812-I franc
• 1812-R franc
• 1812-W franc
• 1812-flag franc
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