France 1853-A 10 centimes
This specimen was lot 4042 in Goldberg sale 80 (Los Angeles, June 2014), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description[2] noted, "France. 10 Centimes, 1853-A. Napoleon III. Bare head left. NGC graded MS-66 Red & Brown." The regime of Napoleon III finally carried out plans developed during the 1840's to melt down and remint all the old copper circulating in France, some of it dating back to before the Revolution of 1789. Several branch mints were reopened for this purpose. The existing mints were Paris ("A"), Strasbourg ("BB") and Bordeaux ("K"); the reopened mints were Lille ("W"), Marseilles ("MA"), Rouen ("B") and Lyon ("D"). This is the third highest mintage and the most common date.
Specification: 10 g, bronze, 30 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Jean-Jacques Barré (1793-1855).
Recorded Mintage: 12,270,893[1].
Catalog reference: F.133/2, KM-771.1; Gad-248.
- 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]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies. Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
- [2]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Frank Draskovic and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 80: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.
Links to:
- 1853-A centime
- 1853-MA centime
- 1853-A 2 centimes
- 1853-B 2 centimes
- 1853-D 2 centimes
- 1853-B 5 centimes
- 1853 5 centimes, the visit of the Emperor & Empress to the Bourse at Lille
- 1853 10 centimes, visit of the Emperor & Empress to the Bourse at Lille
- 1853-B 10 centimes
- 1853-A 50 centimes
- 1853-A franc
- 1853-A 2 francs
- 1853-A 20 centimes
- 1854 10 centimes, erection of a monument at the Bourse at Lille
- 1855-A 10 centimes
- Coins and currency dated 1853