France 1853-B 10 centimes

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The regime of Napoleon III finally carried out plans developed during the 1840's to melt down and remint all the old copper circulating in France, some of it dating back to before the Revolution of 1789. Several branch mints were reopened for this purpose. The existing mints were Paris ("A"), Strasbourg ("BB") and Bordeaux ("K"); the reopened mints were Lille ("W"), Marseilles ("MA"), Rouen ("B") and Lyon ("D"). This is the second most common date.

Specification: 10 g, bronze, 30 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Jean-Jacques Barré (1793-1855).

Recorded Mintage: 3,718,711^[1].

Catalog reference: F.133/3, KM-771.2; Gad-248.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies. Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.

Links to:

• 1852-A 10 centimes
• 1853-A centime
• 1853-MA centime
• 1853-A 2 centimes
• 1853-B 2 centimes
• 1853-D 2 centimes
• 1853-K 2 centimes
• 1853-W 2 centimes
• 1853-B 5 centimes
• 1853 5 centimes, the visit of the Emperor & Empress to the Bourse at Lille
• 1853-A 10 centimes
• 1853 10 centimes, visit of the Emperor & Empress to the Bourse at Lille
• 1853-A 50 centimes
• 1853-A franc
• 1853-A 2 francs
• 1853-A 20 centimes
• 1854-A 10 centimes
• Coins and currency dated 1853