fwo_383997 - GERMANY - KINGDOM OF WESTPHALIA - JÉRÔME NAPOLÉON Thaler de convention 1811 Cassel
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 320.00 €
Type : Thaler de convention
Date: 1811
Mint name / Town : Cassel
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 38 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,92 g.
Edge : fleuronnée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire présentant une usure importante de circulation et des stries d’ajustage à l’avers. Beau portrait à l’avers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : HIERONYMUS - NAPOLEON.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Jérôme Napoléon à droite, avec les petits favoris.
Obverse translation : (Jérôme Napoléon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : KOENIG VON WESTPHALEN FR.PR./ (FLEURON) X (FLEURON)/EINE FEINE/MARK/ 1811/ -/ C.
Reverse description : au centre en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : (Roi de Westphalie prince français/ 10 pièces au marc).
Commentary
Ce type, le second pour les thalers, est fabriqué de 1810 à 1812.
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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