Live auction - fwo_457259 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 2 Franken 1808 Paris
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| Estimate : | 450 € |
| Price : | 200 € |
| Maximum bid : | 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 December 2017 18:00:46 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 2 Franken
Date: 1808
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 26,78 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,65 g.
Edge : en creux : * GOTT ERHALTE DEN KOENIG (Dieu protège le roi)
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
L’exemplaire présente une usure importante et est recouvert d’une patine grise
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite ; signé Tiolier cursif au-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOEN. V. WESTPHALEN FR. PR. / 1808 . J // 2 / FRANK.
Reverse description : légende circulaire ; dans une couronne formée de deux branches d'olivier.
Reverse translation : (roi de Westphalie prince français).
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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