France 1815-B 20 francs

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Ponterio sale 169, lot 22022
France 1815B 20 francs rev Ponterio 169-22022.jpg

This specimen was lot 22022 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $464. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 20 Francs, 1815-B. PCGS XF-45." This is a scarce date of a type struck 1814-15 for the first restoration of Louis XVIII.

Recorded mintage: 22,982.

Specification: 6.45 g, 0.900 fine gold, 21 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier.

Catalog reference: Fr-530; KM-706.2; Gad-1026, F.517/11.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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.
  • Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc IX: Les Monnaies. Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2012.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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