v18_1893 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON Sixième de thaler 1809 Brunswick
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 85.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 100.00 €
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 85.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 100.00 €
Type : Sixième de thaler
Date: 1809
Mint name / Town : Brunswick
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,73 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement paillé au revers. Petit bourrelet de métal au droit à trois heures. Très bel exemplaire avec une patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON..
Obverse description : Écu couronné entouré du collier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : 80 STÜCK EINE MARK FEIN/ IUSTIRT.
Reverse description : Légende circulaire et au centre en 6 lignes : VI/ EINEN/ THALER/ 1809/ -/ B..
Reverse translation : (80 pièces dans un marc de fin).
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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