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''Recorded mintage:'' 6,605,734.
 
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''Specification:'' 2.5 g, .900 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, decorated edge, designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier.
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''Specification:'' 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, decorated edge, designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' F.177/2.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' F.177/2.  

Revision as of 18:12, 23 September 2023

from the Mountain Groan Collection
France 1808A demi franc rev DSLR.jpg

This type was struck 1807-08 in France with sixteen different date-mintmark combinations, of which the 1808-A is the most common. In fact, this date is the highest mintage issue between the introduction of the denomination in 1804 and 1864.

Recorded mintage: 6,605,734.

Specification: 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, decorated edge, designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier.

Catalog reference: F.177/2.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Guilloteau, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, Colonies 1670-1942 et Metropole 1774-1942, Versailles, 1942.
  • 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.

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