Live auction - fwo_704077 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 2/3 Thaler ou gulden 1811 Clausthal
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 202 € |
| Maximum bid : | 202 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 January 2022 20:58:27 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : 2/3 Thaler ou gulden
Date: 1811
Mint name / Town : Clausthal
Quantity minted : --
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 993 ‰
Diameter : 32, mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,18 g.
Edge : annelée
Rarity : R1
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON..
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Jérôme Napoléon à droite ; C. au-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : * KOENIG. VON. WESTPHALEN. F. P.1811 // N.D. LEIPZIGER. FUSS. FEIN. SILBER..
Reverse description : 2/3 dans le champ.
Reverse translation : (Roi de Westphalie prince français).
Commentary
Ce gulden ou florin vaut aussi 16 bons gros ou 2,87 francs. La pièce est frappée à Clausthal sur le système pondéral de Leipzig (18 florins).
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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