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Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 43323
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This specimen was lot 43323 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $5,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Consulate. 5 Francs, Year 12-H (1803/4). La Rochelle Mint. Napoleon as First Consul. PCGS MS-61. The finer of just two observed in the PCGS census for the type, and the only such Mint State specimen, this example displays a deep gunmetal gray-cobalt hue along with pleasing brilliance among the fields. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from B. A. Seaby in London on 21 September 1972 for $344.40)." This is a somewhat scarce date of a type struck years XI and 12. The La Rochelle mint, which acquired its "H" mintmark from king François I in 1540, closed in 1835.

Recorded mintage: 69,939 plus 14,741 of the EMPEREUR type (F.302/4).

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: Dav-82; KM-659.6; Gad-577; F.301/15.

Sources:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • 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.
  • George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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