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Revision as of 12:26, 5 December 2024
This specimen was lot 3517 in Sincona sale 51 (Zurich, October 2018), where it sold for 160 CHF (about US$193 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Frankreich, I. Kaiserreich. Napoleon I. 1804-1815. 1/2 Franc 1809 U, Turin. Sehr selten. Schön. (France, first empire, Napoleon I, 1804-15, half franc of 1809, Turin mint. Very rare, Fine.)"
This type was struck at numerous mints 1809-14 and a complete set comprises 64 dates and mintmarks. This date from the Turin mint is rare, being priced ten times the common date (1810-A).
Recorded mintage: 5,841.
Specification: 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, plain edge, 18 mm diameter, this specimen 2.21 g. Designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier (1763-1819).
Catalog reference: Gadoury 399, Montenegro 66 (R3), KM 691.14, F.178/8.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- 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.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona Auction 51: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2018.
Links to:
- 1808-A ½ franc
- 1808-D ½ franc
- 1809-A 10 centimes
- 1809-B 10 centimes
- 1809-T 10 centimes
- 1809-A ¼ franc
- 1809-A ½ franc
- 1809-D ½ franc
- 1809-H franc
- 1809-A 2 francs
- 1809 2 francs, visit of the king of Saxony to the mint
- 1809-B 2 francs
- 1809-A 5 francs
- 1809-B 5 francs
- 1809-H 5 francs
- 1809-K 5 francs
- 1809-W 5 francs
- 1809-A 20 francs
- 1809-K 20 francs
- 1809-H 20 francs d'or
- 1809-L 20 francs
- 1809-M 20 francs
- 1809-U 20 francs
- 1809-W 20 francs
- 1809-A 40 francs
- 1809-M 40 francs
- 1809-W 40 francs
- 1810-B ½ franc
- Coins and currency dated 1809
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