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Revision as of 17:12, 27 January 2025
This specimen was lot 1737 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €480 (about US$608 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Napoléon Ier (1804-1814), AV 20 francs, 1807 A, Paris. Tête laurée. Petits coups. Très Beau. (empire of France, Napoleon I, 1804-14, gold twenty francs of 1807, Paris mint, laureate head. Minor nicks, very fine.)"
The French empire produced large quantities of gold coins, made from metal looted from countries Napoleon conquered. However, gold coins of the French branch mints are very scarce as a class and have long been underpriced, mostly because the few survivors are in poor condition. This Paris mint issue is the second design for the year, sporting the mature bust of Napoleon with the laurel wreath added for 1807-08.
Recorded mintage: 581,382 of the bare head plus 244,182 of the laureate head[2].
Specification: 6.45 g, 0.900 fine gold, 21 mm diameter, edge lettered DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE, designed by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier and Jean-Pierre Droz.
Catalog reference: F.515/1, KM 687.1, Gad-1024; Fr-499.
- 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.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
- [2]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies. Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
Link to:
- 1807-A ¼ franc
- 1807/6-K ¼ franc
- 1807-A ½ franc
- 1807-A 2 francs, bare head
- 1807-A 2 francs, laureate head
- 1807-I 2 francs
- 1807-W 2 francs
- 1807-Q ½ franc
- 1807-A franc
- 1807-A 5 francs, bare head
- 1807-A 5 francs, laureate head
- 1807-B 5 francs
- 1807-L 5 francs
- 1807-Q 5 francs
- 1807-U 5 francs
- 1807-A 20 francs, bare head
- 1807-M 20 francs
- 1807-U 20 francs
- 1807-W 20 francs
- 1807-A 40 francs, bare head
- 1807-A 40 francs, laureate head
- 1807-I 40 francs d'or
- 1807-M 40 francs d'or
- 1807-U 40 francs d'or
- 1807-W 40 francs d'or
- Coins and currency dated 1807