France AN13-MA 5 francs
This specimen was part of lot 71354 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), which sold for $2,684. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Empire. Group of 5 Francs (10 Pieces), Year 13 (1804/5) to 1811. Napoleon I. Average Grade: VERY FINE Details to ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. 1) Year 13-W (1804/5), Lille. ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. Cleaned. 2) 1806-I, Limoges. ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. Cleaned. 3) 1806-Q, Perpignan. VERY FINE. Scratched. 4) 1807-M, Toulouse. EXTREMELY FINE. Scratched. 5) 1808-D, Lyon. EXTREMELY FINE. Cleaned. 6) 1808-I, Limoges. EXTREMELY FINE. Cleaned. 7) 1809-M, Toulouse. ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. Cleaned. 8) 1810-M, Toulouse. VERY FINE. Cleaned. 9) 1810-Q, Perpignan. VERY FINE. Cleaned. 10) 1811-A, Paris. VERY FINE. Cleaned. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. From the Richard Margolis Collection." Shown is a Napoleonic five francs struck at the Marseille mint (mint mark "MA") in 1804-05. It is a scarce date of a somewhat scarce type. The various designs of Napoleonic five francs form eight distinct types of which this is the fourth, struck 1804-06 (AN 13-14) with a complete set of this type comprising 27 date and mintmark combinations, some very rare. In 1806, the French revolutionary calendar was dropped and normal AD dating resumed.
Recorded mintage: 64,158[2], a scarce date.
Specification: 37 mm diameter, 25 grams, 0.900 fine silver, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Designed by Nicholas Brenet, 1770-1846, and Jean-Pierre Droz, 1746-1823.
Catalog reference: KM 662.11, Gadoury 580, Dav-83; F.303/14.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- 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.
- [2]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.
- George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
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