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Revision as of 09:06, 14 October 2025
This specimen was lot 1436 in Jean Elsen sale 135 (Brussels, December 2017), where it sold for €4,800 (about US$6,649 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Napoléon Ier (1804-1814), AV 20 francs, 1806W, Lille. Tête nue. 4.242 p. frappées. Très rare Fines griffes. Bel exemplaire avec brillant de frappe original. Superbe. (France, Napoleon I, 1804-14, gold twenty francs of 1806, Lille mint, bare head, 4,242 pieces struck. Very rare, a few scratches, nice example with original luster, Extremely Fine.)"
Gold coins of the French branch mints are very scarce as a class and probably underpriced. This type was struck 1806 only at five mints of which only Paris is common.
Recorded mintage: 4,224.
Specification: 21 mm diameter, 6.45 grams, 0.900 fine gold, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Designed by Jean-Pierre Droz (1746-1823) and Pierre Joseph Tiolier (1763-1819).
Catalog reference: F.513/5, Gad-1023; Fr-491, KM 674.5.
- 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
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 135, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.
Link to:
- AN 14-I 20 francs
- 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-L ½ franc
- 1806-Q ½ franc
- 1806-A franc
- 1806-L franc
- 1806-A 2 francs
- 1806-BB 2 francs
- 1806-I 2 franc
- 1806-L 2 francs
- 1806-A 5 francs
- 1806-B 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-A 40 francs
- 1806-I 40 francs
- 1806-M 40 francs
- 1806-U 40 francs
- 1806-W 40 francs
- 1807-A 20 francs, bare head
- 1807-A 20 francs, laureate head
- Coins and currency dated 1806