v31_1710 - 1/2 frank 1808 Paris VG.2024
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 225.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 350.00 €
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 225.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 350.00 €
Type : 1/2 frank
Date: 1808
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 17,86 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,48 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière de circulation sur les reliefs. Stries d’ajustage au revers. Jolie patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON.
Obverse description : Effigie laurée à droite ; signé Tiolier à l'exergue.
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOENIG V. WESTPH. FR. PR./ 1808 J // 1/2 / FRANK..
Reverse description : légende circulaire ; dans une couronne.
Historical background
GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON
(8/12/1807-26/12/1813)
Jérôme, Napoleon's younger brother, was born on November 15, 1784. The kingdom of Westphalia was tailor-made for him with the remains of Hanover, Brunswick and Hesse-Cassel. On August 22, 1807, Jérôme married Catherine of Württemberg then was named King of Westphalia on December 8, 1807. In 1813, after Leipzig, Jérôme had to abandon his States, which were dismembered. After the Battle of Waterloo, he lived in exile until 1848. Under the Second Empire, Marshal of France, he was President of the Senate and Governor of the Invalides before dying in 1860.
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