v39_0892 - 5 frank 1809 Cassel VG.2018
MONNAIES 39 (2009)
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 1 300.00 €
Realised price : 690.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 985.00 €
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 1 300.00 €
Realised price : 690.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 985.00 €
Type : 5 frank
Date: 1809
Mint name / Town : Cassel
Quantity minted : ---
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 37,21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,50 g.
Edge : en creux : * GOTT ERHALTE DEN KOENIG (Dieu protège le roi)
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Défaut dans la tranche à 8h au droit. Usure assez importante de circulation sur les reliefs et traces d’un léger nettoyage ancien sous la patine. Jolie monnaie
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON..
Obverse description : Tête laurée à droite de Jérôme Napoléon ; signé Tiolier cursif en-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOENIG VON WESTPHALEN FR. PR.// (TÊTE DE CHEVAL) 1809. J.
Reverse description : 5/ FRANK. dans une couronne formée de deux branches de laurier.
Reverse translation : (Roi de Westphalie prince français).
Commentary
Axe à 11h30.
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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