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Live auction - fwo_672479 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 20 Franken 1811 Cassel

GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 20 Franken 1811 Cassel XF
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Estimate : 750 €
Price : 865 €
Maximum bid : 900 €
End of the sale : 15 June 2021 18:46:30
bidders : 8 bidders
Type : 20 Franken
Date: 1811
Mint name / Town : Cassel
Quantity minted : 18903
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21,02 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,42 g.
Edge : en creux : * GOTT ERHALTE DEN KOENIG (Dieu protège le roi)
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie présente une usure normale de circulation. Petit coup sur la tranche à 2 heures au revers
Catalogue references :

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) 1811. C.
Reverse description : 20/ FRANK. dans une couronne formée de deux branches d'olivier.
Reverse translation : (roi de Westphalie prince français).

Commentary


13.450 pièces ont été frappées à Cassel en 1808. Celles qui sont en "frappe médaille" auraient été fabriquées à Cassel et ont l'orientation des coins à 12 heures comme c'est le cas de cette 20 Franken. Celles qui sont en "frappe monnaie" auraient été frappées à Paris et elles ont alors l'orientation des coins à 6 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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