v16_1435 - 5 Frank 1808 Paris VG.2017
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 1 500.00 €
Estimate : 3 000.00 €
Realised price : 6 860.00 €
Number of bids : 17
Maximum bid : 16 500.00 €
Starting price : 1 500.00 €
Estimate : 3 000.00 €
Realised price : 6 860.00 €
Number of bids : 17
Maximum bid : 16 500.00 €
Type : 5 Frank
Date: 1808
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 24,80 g.
Edge : inscrite en creux * GOTT ERHALTE DEN KOENIG (Dieu protège le roi)
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
De très belle frappe avec les bords encore coupants. Une usure minime sur quelques mèches du favori. Splendide patine de collection aux reflets métalliques
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON..
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite ; signé Tiolier cursif en-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOENIG VON WESTPHALEN FR. PR.// (TÊTE DE CHEVAL) 1808. J.
Reverse description : 5/ FRANK. dans une couronne formée de deux branches de laurier.
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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