France 1832-H 2 francs

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck in France during the reign of Louis Philippe (1830-48) from numerous mints. The specimen shown is from La Rochelle and is from the second year of issue. It is priced^[1] about four times the commonest date (1847A). Many issues of this type are known from a handful (<10) of examples. The type is not difficult to find but is expensive in high grade. All two francs issued prior to 1859, including this one, were demonetized in 1869 to make way for the succeeding issue which was only 0.835 fine.

Specification: 27 mm diameter, 10 grams, 0.900 fine silver. Designed by Joseph François Domard, 1792-1858.

Recorded mintage: 79,992.

Catalog reference: F.260/5, KM 743.

Source:

• 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.

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• 1831-W 2 francs
• 1832-A ¼ franc
• 1832-T ¼ franc
• 1832-A ½ franc
• 1832-T ½ franc
• 1832-A franc
• 1832-D franc
• 1832-K franc
• 1832-T franc
• 1832-W franc
• 1832-A 2 francs
• 1832-B 2 francs
• 1832-M 5 francs
• 1832-T 2 francs
• 1832-A 5 francs
• 1832-D 5 francs
• 1832-H 5 francs
• 1832-W 5 francs
• 1832-B 20 francs
• 1832-A 40 francs
• 1832-B 40 francs
• Coins and currency dated 1832