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Revision as of 10:30, 30 September 2025
This tiny coin, struck at Paris under the régime of the emperor Napoleon, was lot 667 in CGB sale 42 (Paris, January 2010). The second specimen was lot 1330 in Jean Elsen sale 112 (Brussels, March 2012) where it sold for € 120 (about US$188 including buyer's fee). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Napoléon Ier (1804-1814), AR quart de franc, 1809 A, Paris. Rare. Très Beau. (France, Napoleon I, 1804-14, silver quarter franc of 1809, Paris mint, rare, very fine.)"
It is the only date of a type that remains very scarce today. The next issue of quarter francs was the Louis XVIII type of 1817-24.
The quarter-francs of Napoleon ran thru a number of types, none of which are common (catalog numbers taken from Le Franc VIII):
- F.157: Bonaparte Premier Consul (AN 12 only, 323,000 struck for the type)
- F.158: Napoleon Emperor, revolutionary calendar (AN 12-14, 519,000 struck for the type)
- F.159: Napoleon Emperor, Gregorian calendar (1806-07, 112,000 struck for the type)
- F.160: Napoleon Emperor, "Negro head" (1807A only, 41,000 struck)
- F.161: Napoleon Emperor, laureate head, "République Française" on reverse (1807-08, 23,000 struck for the type)
- F.162: Napoleon Emperor, laureate head, "Empire Français" on reverse (1809A only, 34,000 struck for the type)
Recorded mintage: 34,124[2].
Specification: 1.25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 15 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Gad-350, F.162/1, KM 690.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [2]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 112, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
Link to:
- 1808-A ¼ franc
- 1809-A 10 centimes
- 1809-B 10 centimes
- 1809-T 10 centimes
- 1809-A ½ franc
- 1809-D ½ franc
- 1809-U ½ franc
- 1809-B franc
- 1809-H franc
- 1809-A 2 francs
- 1809 2 francs, visit of the king of Saxony to the mint
- 1809-B 2 francs
- 1809-A 5 francs
- 1809-B 5 francs
- 1809-H 5 francs
- 1809-I 5 francs
- 1809-K 5 francs
- 1809-U 5 francs* 1809-W 5 francs
- 1809-A 20 francs
- 1809-K 20 francs
- 1809-H 20 francs d'or
- 1809-L 20 francs
- 1809-M 20 francs
- 1809-U 20 francs
- 1809-W 20 francs
- 1809-A 40 francs
- 1809-M 40 francs
- 1809-W 40 francs
- Coins and currency dated 1809