Live auction - fwo_787801 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 20 Franken 1808 Cassel
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| Estimate : | 700 € |
| Price : | 764 € |
| Maximum bid : | 765 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 March 2023 17:53:11 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : 20 Franken
Date: 1808
Mint name / Town : Cassel
Quantity minted : 13450
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 21,02 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,41 g.
Edge : en creux : * GOTT ERHALTE DEN KOENIG (Dieu protège le roi)
Rarity : R1
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON.
Obverse description : Tête laurée à gauche ; signé Tiolier cursif au-dessous.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOENIG V. WESTPH. FR. PR. / (MM) 1808. C.
Reverse description : 20/ FRANK. dans une couronne formée de deux branches d'olivier.
Reverse translation : (roi de Westphalie prince français).
Commentary
13.450 pièces ont été frappées à Cassel en 1808. Celles qui sont en "frappe médaille" auraient été fabriquées à Cassel et ont l'orientation des coins à 12 heures comme c'est le cas de cette 20 Franken. Celles qui sont en "frappe monnaie" auraient été frappées à Paris et elles ont alors l'orientation des coins à 6 heures.
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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