Live auction - fwo_872986 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 5 Franken 1809 Cassel
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 December 2023 17:21:15 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 5 Franken
Date: 1809
Mint name / Town : Cassel
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37, mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,66 g.
Edge : en creux : * GOTT ERHALTE DEN KOENIG (Dieu protège le roi)
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Usure importante et régulière sur les motifs centraux. Rayure sur le buste. Léger nettoyage
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON..
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite de Jérôme Napoléon ; signé Tiolier cursif en-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOENIG VON WESTPHALEN FR. PR.// (TÊTE DE CHEVAL) 1809. J.
Reverse description : 5/ FRANK. dans une couronne formée de deux branches de laurier.
Reverse translation : (Roi de Westphalie prince français).
Commentary
Pour les divisionnaires d'argent, il existe des monnaies de 5, 2, 1 et 1/2 frank. Ces pièces ont été frappées en 1808 et 1809. Celles qui sont en "frappe médaille" sont de fabrication allemande, à Cassel et ont l'orientation des coins à 12 heures.
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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