France AN14-W franc
This specimen was lot 910 in Jean Elsen sale 122 (Brussels, September 2014), where it sold for €190 (about US$291 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"FRANCE, Napoléon Ier (1804-1814), AR 1 franc, an 14 W, Lille. presque Très Beau. (France, Napoleon I (1804-14), silver one franc of the year 14, Lille mint, about very fine.)"
This issue, from the Lille mint, is a scarce issue of a type struck in France AN 12-14. A complete set of this type comprises 39 date and mintmark combinations, some very rare. In 1806 the French revolutionary calendar was dropped and normal AD dating resumed.
Specification: 23 mm diameter, 5 grams, 0.900 fine silver, decorated edge. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, 1763-1819.
Recorded Mintage: 4,661 but likely higher[1].
Catalog reference: F.201/39, KM 656.11, Gad-443.
- [1]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies. Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2013.
- 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]Philippe Elsen et al., Vente Publique 122: Collection de monnaies chinoises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S. A., 2014.
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- An 13-A franc
- An 14-K ¼ franc
- An 14-L ¼ franc
- An 14-A ½ franc
- An 14-L ½ franc
- An 14-U ½ franc
- An 14-A franc
- An 14-H franc
- An 14-A 2 francs
- An 14-H 2 francs
- An 14-I 2 francs
- An 14-K 2 francs
- An 14-L 2 francs
- An 14-W 2 francs
- An 14-A 5 francs
- An 14-BB 5 francs
- An 14-D 5 francs
- An 14-H 5 francs
- An 14-I 5 francs
- An 14-K 5 francs
- An 14-L 5 francs
- An 14-M 5 francs
- An 14-U 5 francs
- An 14-W 5 francs
- An 14-A 20 francs d'or
- An 14-I 20 francs d'or
- An 14-Q 20 francs d'or
- An 14-W 20 francs
- An 14-A 40 francs d'or
- An 14-W 40 francs d'or
- 1806-A 1 franc
- Coins and currency dated 1805