France 1817-A franc

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue, from the Paris mint, is a fairly common date of a type struck 1816-24. All francs of Louis XVIII of France are of this type which, despite nine years of production from nine mints, is not common. It was demonetized in 1869.

A complete set of this type comprises 66 date and mintmark combinations, many very rare. The entire production run, 1816-24, totaled about 4.3 million pieces. The production of five franc pieces in the same period was 104 million. This date is priced^[1] about 20% higher than the common date (1824A).

Specification: 23 mm diameter, 5 grams, 0.900 fine silver, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. Designed by Auguste François Michaut, 1786-1879.

Recorded Mintage: 178,258^[1], 253,000^[2].

Catalog reference: F.206/9, KM 709.1.

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.

Links to:

• 1816-A franc
• 1816-W franc
• 1817-A ¼ franc
• 1817-B ¼ franc
• 1817-Q ¼ franc
• 1817-T ¼ franc
• 1817-W ¼ franc
• 1817-A ½ franc
• 1817-A ¼ franc
• 1817-W ½ franc
• 1817-K franc
• 1817-A 2 francs
• 1817-K 2 francs
• 1817-A 5 francs
• 1817-L 5 francs
• 1817 5 francs, visit of the Duke and Duchess of Berry to the Paris Mint
• 1817-A 20 francs
• 1817-K 20 francs
• 1817-L 20 francs
• 1817-W 20 francs
• 1817-A 40 francs
• 1823-A franc
• Coins and currency dated 1817