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v23_1612 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 20 franken or 1808 Cassel

GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 20 franken or 1808 Cassel XF
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 371.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 373.00 €
Type : 20 franken or
Date: 1808
Mint name / Town : Cassel
Quantity minted : 13450
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,44 g.
Edge : en creux : * GOTT ERHALTE DEN KOENIG (Dieu protège le roi)
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire. L’usure est régulière sur les reliefs. Bon centrage avec un beau portrait
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) 1808. C.
Reverse description : 20/ FRANK. dans une couronne formée de deux branches d'olivier.
Reverse translation : (roi de Westphalie prince français).

Commentary


Frappe médaille.

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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