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Revision as of 12:43, 14 February 2025

from the Mountain Groan Collection
France 1812B franc rev DSLR.jpg

This issue, from the Rouen mint, is a slightly better date of a type struck 1809-14. In 1806 the French revolutionary calendar was dropped and normal AD dating resumed. This type is the last and probably the most available Napoleonic franc. It was demonetized in 1869.

Recorded mintage: 118,377.

Specification: 5 g, 0.900 fine silver, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE, 23 mm diameter, this specimen 4.79 g. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier (1763-1819).

Catalog reference: Gadoury 447, KM 692.2, F.205/42.

Source:

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

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