France ANXI-L franc
This specimen was lot 1637 in Jean Elsen sale 147 (Brussels, June 2021), where it sold for €150 (about US$219 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Consulat (1799-1804), AR 1 franc, an XIL, Bayonne. Beau. (Consulate of France, 1799-1804, silver franc of year XI, Bayonne mint. Fine.)"
This type was struck ANXI and AN12 only and represents the first franc struck under the new decimal coinage system. Previous years (AN4-AN10) had seen only silver five francs issued. This Bayonne mint issue is three times the price of the Paris mint product.
Recorded mintage: 21,895.
Specification: 23 mm diameter, 5 grams, 0.900 fine silver, decorated edge. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, 1763-1819.
Catalog reference: F.200/4, Gad-442, KM 649.9.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 147: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
Links to:
- An XI-A ½ franc
- An XI-A franc
- An XI-D franc
- An XI-G franc
- An XI-MA franc
- An XI-Q franc
- An XI-W franc
- AN XI 5 francs, visit of Napoleon to the mint
- An 11-A 5 francs "Hercules"
- An 11-K 5 francs "Hercules"
- L'AN 11-L 5 francs
- An 11-MA 5 francs "Hercules"
- An 11-Q 5 francs "Hercules"
- An XI-A 5 francs
- An XI-D 5 francs
- An XI-L 5 francs
- An XI-MA 5 francs
- An XI-T 5 francs
- An XI-A 20 francs
- An XI-A 40 francs
- Coins and currency dated 1802