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from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue, from the Paris mint, is a fairly common date of a type struck 1816-24. All francs of Louis XVIII of France are of this type which, despite nine years of production from nine mints, is not common. It was demonetized in 1869.

A complete set of this type comprises 66 date and mintmark combinations, many very rare. The entire production run, 1816-24, totaled about 4.3 million pieces. The production of five franc pieces in the same period was 104 million. This date is priced^[1] about 20% higher than the common date (1824A).

Specification: 23 mm diameter, 5 grams, .900 fine silver, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. Designed by Auguste François Michaut, 1786-1879.

Recorded Mintage: 178,258^[1], 253,000^[2].

Catalog reference: F.206/9, KM 709.1.

Source:

Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
^[1]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
^[2]Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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 This issue, from the Paris mint, is a fairly common date of a type struck 1816-24. All francs of Louis XVIII of [[France]] are of this type which, despite nine years of production from nine mints, is not common. It was demonetized in 1869.

Difference between revisions of "France 1817-A franc"

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