France AN13-A 2 francs

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This half dollar-sized coin was struck at Paris under the régime of Napoleon as emperor. The type was struck AN12-14 only and is rather scarce. It was demonetized in 1869. The catalog^[1] notes 35 dates for the type, most very rare. This date is the commonest date. Year 12 (1803-04) represents the first year all the silver and gold denominations appeared. Silver five francs and gold twenty and forty francs had appeared previously but year 12 saw the introduction of the silver ¼, ½, 1 and 2 francs. An overdate, AN 13/2, is reported but awarded no premium.

Recorded mintage: 740,430^[1].

Specification: 10 g, 0.900 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier, 1763-1819.

Catalog reference: F.251/1, KM 658.1.

Source:

• 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.
• Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.

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• An 13-A ¼ franc
• An 13-T ¼ franc
• An 13-U ¼ franc
• An 13-A ½ franc
• An 13-I ½ franc
• An 13-K ½ franc
• An 13-L ½ franc
• An 13-T ½ franc
• An 13-A franc
• An 13-G franc
• An 13-U franc
• An 13-BB 2 francs
• An 13-G 2 francs
• An 13-I 2 francs
• An 13-L 2 francs
• An 13-A 5 francs
• An 13-D 5 francs
• An 13-G 5 francs
• An 13-H 5 francs
• An 13-L 5 francs
• An 13-M 5 francs
• An 13-Q 5 francs
• An 13-U 5 francs
• An 13-W 5 francs
• An 13-A 20 francs d'or
• An 13-I 20 francs d'or
• An 13-Q 20 francs d'or
• An 13-T 20 francs d'or
• An 13-A 40 francs d'or
• An 14-A 2 francs
• An 14-L 2 francs
• An 14-W 2 francs
• Coins and currency dated 1804