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Revision as of 10:59, 18 February 2025
This specimen was lot 918 in Jean Elsen sale 122 (Brussels, September 2014), where it sold for €80 (about US$123 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Napoléon Ier (1804-1814), AR demi-franc, 1808 K, Bordeaux. Très Beau. (France, Napoleon I (1804-14), silver half franc of 1808, Bordeaux mint, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1807-08 in France with sixteen different date-mintmark combinations, of which the 1808-A is the most common. This date is priced about triple the common date.
Recorded mintage: 363,263.
Specification: 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, decorated edge, designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier.
Catalog reference: Gad-398, F.177A/9.
- 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.
- Guilloteau, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, Colonies 1670-1942 et Metropole 1774-1942, Versailles, 1942.
- Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
- [1]Philippe Elsen et al., Vente Publique 122: Collection de monnaies chinoises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S. A., 2014.
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- 1807-Q ½ franc
- 1807-T 5 francs
- 1807-U 5 francs
- 1807-W 5 francs
- 1808-BB 5 centimes
- 1808-A billon 10 centimes
- 1808-M billon 10 centimes
- 1808-W billon 10 centimes
- 1808-A ¼ franc
- 1808-I ¼ franc
- 1808-A ½ franc
- 1808-D ½ franc
- 1808-H ½ franc
- 1808-I ½ franc
- 1808-A franc
- 1808-B franc
- 1808-BB franc
- 1808-D franc
- 1808-H franc
- 1808-T franc
- 1808-W franc
- 1808-A 2 francs
- 1808-B 2 francs
- 1808-L 2 francs
- 1808-M 2 francs
- 1808-W 2 francs
- 1808-A 5 francs
- 1808-B 5 francs
- 1808-L 5 francs
- 1808-M 5 francs
- 1808-MA 5 francs
- 1808-A 20 francs d'or
- 1808-M 20 francs d'or
- 1808-Q 20 francs d'or
- 1808-U 20 francs
- 1808-W 20 francs d'or
- 1808-A 40 francs d'or
- 1808-H 40 francs d'or
- 1808-M 40 francs d'or
- 1808-U 40 francs d'or
- 1808-W 40 francs d'or
- 1812-flag ½ franc
- Coins and currency dated 1808