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Revision as of 17:07, 27 January 2025
This specimen was lot 1014 in Jean Elsen sale 124 (Brussels, March 2015), where it sold for €900 (about US$1,122 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Napoléon Ier (1804-1814), AV 40 francs, 1807 W, Lille. Tête nue. Type transitoire. 6.043 p. frappées. Rare. Très Beau. (France, Napoleon I (1804-14), gold forty francs of 1807, Lille mint. Bare head, transitional type, 6,043 pieces struck. Rare, very fine.)"
This type was struck 1807 only and is known with only five dates. In 1806, the revolutionary calendar was dropped and Gregorian dates resumed.
Recorded mintage: 6,013[2], a very scarce date.
Specification: 12.90 g, 0.900 fine gold, 26 mm diameter, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE, designed by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier and Jean-Pierre Droz.
Catalog reference: Gad-1082a; Fr-483, F.539/5.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [2]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies. Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 124, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2015.
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- 1807-A 40 francs, bare head
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