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Revision as of 17:09, 27 January 2025
The first specimen was lot 12218 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $764. The catalog description[3] noted, "FRANCE. 40 Franc, 1808-H. La Rochelle Mint. NGC EF-45. Mintage of only 11,577 pieces." The French empire produced large quantities of gold coins, made from metal looted from countries Napoleon conquered. However, nearly all of it was produced at Paris, leaving the branch mint issues quite scarce today. This issue from La Rochelle is the second most common of the six known dates for the type.
Recorded mintage: 11,529[2].
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: Fr-495; KM-688.2, F.540/3.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- [2]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
- [3]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.
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- 1807-U 40 francs
- 1807-A 2 francs, bare head
- 1807-A 2 francs, laureate head
- 1808-BB 5 centimes
- 1808-A billon 10 centimes
- 1808-M billon 10 centimes
- 1808-W billon 10 centimes
- 1808-A ¼ franc
- 1808-I ¼ franc
- 1808-A ½ franc
- 1808-D ½ franc
- 1808-H ½ franc
- 1808-I ½ franc
- 1808-K ½ franc
- 1808-A franc
- 1808-BB franc
- 1808-D franc
- 1808-H franc
- 1808-T franc
- 1808-W franc
- 1808-A 2 francs
- 1808-B 2 francs
- 1808-L 2 francs
- 1808-W 2 francs
- 1808-A 5 francs
- 1808-B 5 francs
- 1808-M 5 francs
- 1808-A 20 francs d'or
- 1808-M 20 francs d'or
- 1808-Q 20 francs d'or
- 1808-W 20 francs d'or
- 1808-A 40 francs d'or
- 1808-M 40 francs d'or
- 1808-U 40 francs d'or
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