France 1817 5 francs KM-M12c

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Künker sale 441, lot 5000

This specimen was lot 5000 in Künker sale 441 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €750 (about US$1,032 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH Louis XVIII, 1814, 1815-1824. 5 Francs 1817, Paris, auf den Besuch der Herzogin von Angoulême in der Pariser Münze. Probe von N. Tiolier mit vertiefter Randschrift. RR Vorzüglich. (kingdom of France, Louis XVIII, 1814-24, five francs of 1817, Paris mint, on the visit of the the duchess of Angoulême to the Paris mint. Pattern by Tiolier with edge lettering. Very rare, extremely fine.)"

This rare monnaie de visite is also mentioned in pewter, bronze and gold.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, this specimen 24,96 g.

Catalog reference: KM M12c, Mazard 789 a; Gadoury 615 b.

Sources:

  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
  • Guilloteau, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, Colonies 1670-1942 et Metropole 1774-1942, Versailles, 1942..
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 441: Orders and Decorations from the Estate of Wilhelm, Duke of Bavaria (1752–1837), among others | Coins and Medals from the Middle Ages and Modern times, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Norway, and Saxony, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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