France 1807-W 2 francs
This specimen was lot 1754 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €280 (about US$364 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Napoléon Ier (1804-1814), AR 2 francs, 1807 W, Lille. Rare. Patine inégale au droit. Très Beau. (empire of France, Napoleon I, 1804-14, silver two francs of 1807, Lille mint. Rare, uneven toning on the obverse, Very Fine.)"
The type was struck at Lille years 13-14 and 1806-07. The Paris mint adopted a curly haired bust of Napoleon in 1807 which was contemptuously rejected by the Emperor and replaced by the laureate head, which the Lille mint did not adopt until 1808.
Reported Mintage: 4,114, a rare date.
Specification: 10 g, 0.900 fine silver, 27 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 658.15, F.limonite, Gad. 496.
- 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.
- Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2013.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
Link to:
- 1806-A 2 francs
- 1806-I 2 francs
- 1806-L 2 francs
- 1807-A ½ franc
- 1807/6-K ¼ franc
- 1807-Q ½ franc
- 1807-A 2 franc
- 1807-A 2 francs
- 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
- 1807-U 20 francs
- 1807-W 20 francs
- 1807-I 40 francs d'or
- 1807-M 40 francs d'or
- 1807-U 40 francs
- 1808-A 2 francs
- 1808-B 2 francs
- Coins and currency dated 1807