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Revision as of 14:43, 18 June 2021
This specimen was lot 3652 in Sincona sale 39 (Zurich, May 2017), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE. Kaiserreich. Napoleon I. 1804-1815 5 Francs 1806 B. Rouen. Sehr selten. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. PCGS XF 45. (empire of France, Napoleon I, 1804-15, five francs of 1806, Rouen mint. Very rare. Very fine-extremely fine.)"
Shown is a Napoleonic five francs struck at the Rouen mint (mint mark "B") in 1806. It is a very scarce date. The various designs of Napoleonic five francs form eight distinct types of which this is the fifth, struck 1806-07 with a complete set of this type comprising 23 date and mintmark combinations, some very rare.
Recorded mintage: 25,263.
Specification: 25 g, .900 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE, designed by Nicolas-Guy Brenet and Jean-Pierre Droz.
Catalog reference: Dav-83, KM-673.2; Gad-581; VG-1498, F.304/2.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2011, 20me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2011.
- Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
- [2]Jürg Richter, Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2017.
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