France AN12-D franc KM-649.3

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Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 71207
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This specimen was lot 71207 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $732. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Consulate. Franc, Year 12-D (1803/4). Lyon Mint. Napoleon (as First Consul). PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. Lightly cleaned as noted, this minor presents some elegant toning and very little in the way of circulation. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Stu Witham on 8 September 1970)." This issue, from the Lyon mint, is a scarce issue of a type struck AN XI-12. A complete set of this type comprises 22 date and mintmark combinations, some very rare. During An 12, Napoleon promoted himself from First Consul to Emperor, causing a design change in the coinage (see KM 656.4). In 1806, the French revolutionary calendar was dropped and normal AD dating resumed.

Recorded mintage: 52,788 plus 3,968 of the EMPEREUR type (KM 656.4).

Specification: 5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 23 mm diameter, decorated edge, engraved by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier.

Catalog reference: F.200/10, KM-649.3; Gad-442.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

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