France 1817-K franc

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue, from the Bordeaux 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: 307,166^[1].

Catalog reference: F.206/13, KM 709.5.

Source:

^[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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