France AN12-Q 1/2 franc
This specimen was part of lot 71362 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), which sold for $854. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Consulate—Empire. Nonet of Demi-Francs (1/2 Franc) (9 Pieces), Years 12 (1803/4) to 1810. Napoleon I. Grade Range: FINE Details to EXTREMELY FINE Details. 1) Consulate. Year 12-Q (1803/4), Perpignan. FINE. Damaged. 2) Empire. Year 12-M (1803/4). Toulouse. VERY FINE. Cleaned. 3) Empire. Year 13-Q, Perpignan. FINE. 4) Empire. 1806-L, Bayonne. FINE. Tooled. 5) Empire. 1807-A, Paris. VERY FINE. Cleaned. 6) Empire. 1808-M, Toulouse. VERY FINE. 7) Empire. 1809-Q. Perpignan. VERY FINE. 8) Empire. 1810-B, Rouen. VERY FINE. Scratched. 9) Empire. 1810-L, Bayonne. EXTREMELY FINE. Environmental Damage. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This issue, from the Perpignan mint, is a somewhat scarce issue of a type struck AN XI-12. A complete set of this type comprises 14 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. In 1806, the French revolutionary calendar was dropped and normal AD dating resumed.
Recorded mintage: 53,589 plus none of the EMPEREUR type.
Specification: 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, decorated edge, engraved by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier.
Catalog reference: F.173/12, KM-648.11; Gad-394.
- 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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