France 1816-A 5 francs

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue, from the Paris mint, is a common date of a type struck in France 1816-24. This type succeeded the uniformed bust type of the first restoration, struck 1814-15. It was demonetized in 1928. A complete set of this type comprises 96 date and mintmark combinations, some very rare. The entire production run, 1816-24, totaled about 104 million pieces. This date is priced^[1] about 6% higher than the common date (1824A or 1824W).

Specification: 37 mm diameter, 25 grams, 0.900 fine silver, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. Designed by Auguste François Michaut, 1786-1879.

Mintage: 3,208,052^[1], 3,210,000^[2].

Catalog reference: F.309/1, Dav-87; KM 711.1.

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.
• 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]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.

Links to:

• 1816-A franc
• 1816-W franc
• 1816-B 5 francs
• 1816-W 5 francs
• 1816-A 20 francs
• 1816-L 20 francs
• 1816-Q 20 francs
• 1816-W 20 francs
• 1816-A 40 francs
• 1816-B 40 francs
• 1816-L 40 francs
• 1816-Q 40 francs
• 1816-W 40 francs
• 1819-B 5 francs
• 1820-A 5 francs
• Coins and currency dated 1816