Luxembourg 1914 franc KM-E27
This specimen was lot 2818 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "LUXEMBOURG: Marie-Adelaïde, 1912-1919, AE franc, 1914, Essai, Brussels mint trial strike in copper, PCGS graded Specimen 65 RD, ex Joe Sedillot Collection. This type, together with the 1914 50 centimes (Essai) and 2 francs (Essai), are the only pieces representing the portrait of Marie-Adelaïde. She became Grand Duchess of Luxembourg following the death of her father Guillaume IV in 1912. After the first world war, she abdicated in 1919 under pressure from the Luxembourg parliament in favor of her younger sister Charlotte. The Luxembourg population reproached her with too much involvement in the country's political affairs and having maintained relations with Germany." This pattern was also struck in silver.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: KM-E27.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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