France 1812-B franc

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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This issue, from the Rouen mint, is a slightly 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.

Recorded mintage: 118,377.

Specification: 5 g, 0.900 fine silver, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 4.79 g. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier (1763-1819).

Catalog reference: Gadoury 447, KM 692.2, F.205/42.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.

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