v25_1558 - 1 franc, essai en argent, surfrappé sur 1 franc 1837 1816 VG.2406
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
unsold lot
Type : 1 franc, essai en argent, surfrappé sur 1 franc 1837
Date: (1860)
Date: 1816
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,76 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire bien frappé et bien centré, laissant apparaître les traces de la surfrappe. Rayure sur la chevelure. Monnaie ayant conservé une partie de son brillant d’origine et recouverte d’une jolie patine grise de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : NAPOLEON II - EMPEREUR.
Obverse description : Tête enfantine nue à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : EMPIRE (LAURIER) FRANCAIS/ 1/ FRANC/ ESSAI/ 1816.
Reverse description : entre deux branches d'olivier.
Commentary
Au droit, on distingue la nuque et le bout du ruban de Louis-Philippe ainsi que les lettres “O” de “ROI” et “AIS” de “FRANÇAIS”. Au revers, on lit assez nettement le chiffre 1, le mot “FRANC” et la date de 1837.
Historical background
NAPOLEON II
(20/03/1811-22/07/1832)
Napoleon François-Joseph Charles Bonaparte was born on March 20, 1811. King of Rome at his birth, he left France for good on May 2, 1814 with his mother, Archduchess Marie-Louise, without having seen his father again. The child bears the first names of his paternal grandparents, François and Joseph for Austria and Charles, the first name of Napoleon's father. In 1818, the Aiglon received the title of Duke of Reichstadt, for whom his father had abdicated on June 22, 1815, proclaiming him Napoleon II, Emperor of the French. Entrusted to the custody of Metternich, the Emperor's son died in the costume of an Austrian colonel on July 22, 1832. He was immortalized in Edmond Rostand's drama (1900) where he was played by Sarah Bernhardt.
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