France AN13-I franc
This specimen was lot 34163 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Empire. Franc, Year 13-I (1804/5). Limoges Mint. Napoleon I. PCGS MS-62. Steely gray in hue and abundantly alluring, this lustrous, nearly-Choice minor dazzles with great eye appeal and flair, and stands as the finest observed for the date and mint in the PCGS census, as well as the only Mint State representative. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Wade Hinderling at CICF on 8 March 1991 for $250)." This issue, from the Limoges mint, is a slightly scarce issue of a type struck AN 12-14. A complete set of this type comprises 39 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: 389,571 (Le Franc[2] estimates the actual mintage to be 60-80,000).
Specification: 23 mm diameter, 5 grams, 0.900 fine silver, reeded edge. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, 1763-1819.
Catalog reference: KM-656.7; Gad-443; F.201/20.
- [2]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.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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