France 1830-B franc

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue, from the Rouen mint, is a better date of a type struck 1825-30. All francs of Charles X of France are of this type with the exception of some very rare reeded edge specimens issued in 1830. It was demonetized in 1869.

A complete set of this type comprises 84 date and mintmark combinations, many very rare. The entire production run, 1825-30, totaled about 5.3 million pieces. The production of five franc pieces in the same period was 123 million. This date is priced about two and a half times the commonest dates (1828A and 1828W). The catalog^[1] notes two varieties, depending on the number of leaves in the olive wreath on the reverse. The four leaf (F.207/76) and five leaf variety (F.207/75, shown in the image) are priced about the same.

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

Mintage: 74,717^[1], 75,000^[2].

Catalog reference: F.207/75 or F.207/76, KM 724.2.

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, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.

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