Live auction - fwo_992677 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 20 Franken 1809 Cassel
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Live starting : Type : 20 Franken
Date: 1809
Mint name / Town : Cassel
Quantity minted : 9104
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,48 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux * GOTT ERHALTE DEN KOENIG (Dieu protège le roi)
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie agréable. Petite faiblesse au revers sur la valeur
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à gauche ; signé Tiolier cursif au-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOENIG V. WESTPH. FR. PR. / (MM) 1809. J.
Reverse description : 20/ FRANK. dans une couronne formée de deux branches d'olivier.
Reverse translation : (Roi de Westphalie prince français).
Commentary
En 1809, les monnaies avec une tête de cheval et un J comme marque de maître proviennent des deux ateliers de Paris et Cassel. Celles de Cassel sont en frappe médaille, pratique propre à l’Allemagne.
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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