v09_1661 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 2/3 thaler ou gulden 1812 Clausthal
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
Realised price : 198.18 €
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 335.39 €
Realised price : 198.18 €
Type : 2/3 thaler ou gulden
Date: 1812
Mint name / Town : Clausthal
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 993 ‰
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,95 g.
Edge : annelée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique patine de médaillier. Petites marques de manipulation, visibles seulement à la loupe x10
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient de la collection du Dr. M. G.
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.1812 // N.D. LEIPZIGER. FUSS. FEIN. SILBER.
Reverse description : 2/3 occupant tout le champ.
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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