fwo_747591 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON 24 Mariengroschen 1810 Brunswick
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Type : 24 Mariengroschen
Date: 1810
Mint name / Town : Brunswick
Quantity minted : 300000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,08 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Légers défaut de laminage au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON./ 2/3-ST:.
Obverse description : Écu couronné entouré du collier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur.
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOENIG VON WESTPHALEN FR. PR. B// XXIIII/ MARIEN/GROSCH./ NACH D. LEIPZ. FUS.
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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