v25_1524 - 2 frank 1808 Paris VG.2020
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 243.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 572.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 243.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 572.00 €
Type : 2 frank
Date: 1808
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,81 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux * GOTT ERHALTE DEN KOENIG (Dieu protège le roi)
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Usure importante de circulation sur les deux côtés de la pièce. Rayures au droit au niveau du cou du roi et tache au revers à l’emplacement de la valeur faciale. Faiblesse sur la valeur faciale
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la Collection Kolsky MONNAIES VI n° 4113
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite ; signé Tiolier cursif au-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOEN. V. WESTPHALEN FR. PR. / 1808 . J // 2 / FRANK.
Reverse description : légende circulaire ; dans une couronne formée de deux branches d'olivier.
Reverse translation : (roi de Westphalie prince français).
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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