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This issue, from the Paris mint, is the only common date of a type struck one year only. After the year 14, the revolutionary calendar was dropped in favor of the traditional Gregorian calendar. The twenty francs of Napoleon are divided into seven types, of which this is the fifth. Soon after, a laurel wreath was added to the emperor's bust (F.515), this type is also known for 1807. It was demonetized in 2005 but ceased to circulate during World War One. A complete set of this type comprises four date and mintmark combinations. The entire production run totaled about 594,000 pieces. | This issue, from the Paris mint, is the only common date of a type struck one year only. After the year 14, the revolutionary calendar was dropped in favor of the traditional Gregorian calendar. The twenty francs of Napoleon are divided into seven types, of which this is the fifth. Soon after, a laurel wreath was added to the emperor's bust (F.515), this type is also known for 1807. It was demonetized in 2005 but ceased to circulate during World War One. A complete set of this type comprises four date and mintmark combinations. The entire production run totaled about 594,000 pieces. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 21 mm diameter, 6.45 grams, .900 fine gold, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA [[France|FRANCE]]. Designed by Jean-Pierre Droz (1746-1823) and Pierre Joseph Tiolier (1763-1819). | + | ''Specification:'' 21 mm diameter, 6.45 grams, 0.900 fine gold, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA [[France|FRANCE]]. Designed by Jean-Pierre Droz (1746-1823) and Pierre Joseph Tiolier (1763-1819). |
''Mintage:'' 581,382<sup>[1]</sup>. | ''Mintage:'' 581,382<sup>[1]</sup>. | ||
Revision as of 18:16, 23 September 2023
This issue, from the Paris mint, is the only common date of a type struck one year only. After the year 14, the revolutionary calendar was dropped in favor of the traditional Gregorian calendar. The twenty francs of Napoleon are divided into seven types, of which this is the fifth. Soon after, a laurel wreath was added to the emperor's bust (F.515), this type is also known for 1807. It was demonetized in 2005 but ceased to circulate during World War One. A complete set of this type comprises four date and mintmark combinations. The entire production run totaled about 594,000 pieces.
Specification: 21 mm diameter, 6.45 grams, 0.900 fine gold, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE. Designed by Jean-Pierre Droz (1746-1823) and Pierre Joseph Tiolier (1763-1819).
Mintage: 581,382[1].
Catalog reference: F.514/1, KM A687.1.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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