France 1840-BB franc

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue, from the Strasbourg mint, is a scarce date of a type struck 1832-48. This design, by Domard, replaced the Tiolier bust type struck 1831 only. It was demonetized in 1869. A complete set of this type comprises 118 date and mintmark combinations, many very rare. The entire production run, 1832-48, totaled about 18.1 million pieces. The production of French five franc pieces in the same period was 289 million. This date is priced about eight times the commonest dates (1845-B, 1846-A or 1847-A).

Specification: 23 mm diameter, 5 grams, 0.900 fine silver, reeded edge. Designed by Joseph François Domard, 1792-1858.

Mintage: 19,516^[1].

Catalog reference: F.210/79, KM 748.3.

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.

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• 1835-A franc
• 1840-B ¼ franc
• 1840-D ¼ franc
• 1840-A ½ franc
• 1840-A 2 francs
• 1840-B 5 francs
• 1840-BB 5 francs
• 1840-D 5 francs
• 1840-W 5 francs
• France 1840-A 20 francs d'or
• 1840-W 20 francs
• 1841-BB franc
• 1841-W franc
• 1841-A franc
• Coins and currency dated 1840