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Revision as of 10:06, 14 October 2025
This specimen was lot 1750 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €340 (about US$442 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Napoléon Ier (1804-1814), AR demi-franc, 1806 L, Bayonne. Rare. presque Très Beau. (empire of France, Napoleon I, 1804-14, silver half franc of 1806, Bayonne mint. Rare, about Very Fine.)"
This type was struck 1806-07 with eleven different date-mintmark combinations, of which the 1806-A is the only one at all common.
Reported Mintage: 41,603.
Specification: 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, decorated edge, designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier
Catalog reference: KM 671.4, F.175/4, Gad-398.
- 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, 2013.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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- 1806-A ¼ franc
- 1806-K ¼ franc
- 1806-L ¼ franc
- 1806-A ½ franc
- 1806-I ½ franc
- 1806-K ½ franc
- 1806-Q ½ franc
- 1806-A franc
- 1806-L franc
- 1806-A 2 francs
- 1806-BB 2 francs
- 1806-I 2 francs
- 1806-L 2 francs
- 1806-A 5 francs
- 1806-BB 5 francs
- 1806-I 5 francs
- 1806-K 5 francs
- 1806-L 5 francs
- 1806-M 5 francs
- 1806-Q 5 francs
- 1806-W 5 francs
- 1806-A 20 francs
- 1806-I 20 francs
- 1806-Q 20 francs
- 1806-U 20 francs
- 1806-W 20 francs
- 1806-A 40 francs
- 1806-I 40 francs d'or
- 1806-M 40 francs
- 1806-U 40 francs d'or
- 1807-A ½ franc
- 1807-Q ½ franc
- Coins and currency dated 1806