France 1862-BB 2 centimes

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Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 74485
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This specimen was lot 74485 in Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $69. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 2 Centimes, 1862-BB. Strasbourg Mint. Napoleon III. PCGS MS-63 Red Brown." The regime of Napoleon III finally carried out plans developed during the 1840's to melt down and remint all the old copper circulating in France, some of it dating back to before the Revolution of 1789. Several branch mints were reopened for this purpose. The existing mints were Paris ("A"), Strasbourg ("BB") and Bordeaux ("K"); the reopened mints were Lille ("W"), Marseilles ("MA"), Rouen ("B") and Lyon ("D"). This "laureate head" type was struck 1861-62 only at Paris, Bordeaux and Strasbourg (shown here). The two centimes is the scarcest of the bronze denominations of Napoleon III, tho none are rare.

Recorded mintage: 2,764,113.

Specification: 2 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-796.5; Gad-104; F.108A/5 (small mintmark) and F.108A/6 (large mintmark).

Source:

  • 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, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

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