France 1830-B 5 francs Dav-89

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 41152

This specimen was lot 41152 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. 5 Francs, 1830-B. Rouen Mint. Louis Philippe I. NGC AU-55." There are four major varieties of Louis Philippe écus for 1830, the first year of his reign: with and without "I" after his name and with the edge lettering raised or incuse. The Tiolier bust shown here was abandoned midway thru 1831 for the Domard bust, creating another slew of varieties for that year. The one shown here, with "Louis Philippe I", is the most common. The variety with raised edge lettering was not struck at Rouen in 1830.

Recorded mintage: 2,910,193 for Charles X plus 132,776 for "Louis Philippe" plus 892,400 for "Louis Philippe I".

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Designed by Nicholas Pierre Tiolier, 1784-1853.

Catalog reference: Dav-89, KM-735; Gad-676; F.315.

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.
Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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France 1830-B 5 francs Dav-89

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