Live auction - fwo_383440 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 10 Thalers 1812 Brunswick
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| Estimate : | 2 000 € |
| Price : | 1 250 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 850 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 June 2016 17:49:51 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : 10 Thalers
Date: 1812
Mint name / Town : Brunswick
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 895 ‰
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,31 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
La monnaie présente une petite usure sur le portrait à l’avers mais reste très agréable
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON..
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Jérôme Napoléon à gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOENIG VON WESTPHALEN FR PR// X/ THALER/ 1812/ B.
Reverse description : en quatre lignes avec des fleurons décoratifs.
Reverse translation : (Roi de Westphalie prince français).
Commentary
Ce type fut frappé en 1811, 1812 et 1813, en très petite quantité. Il s’agit de la plus grosse monnaie d’or pour le Royaume de Westphalie.
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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