Live auction - fmd_699274 - Essai de 1 franc en argent, sans accent 1816 VG.2406

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AU/XF

Estimate :	600 €
Price :	360 €
Maximum bid :	411 €
End of the sale :	26 October 2021 18:21:27
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Essai de 1 franc en argent, sans accent

Date: (1860)

Date: 1816

Quantity minted : ---

Metal : silver

Diameter : 23,15 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 5,25 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R3

Catalogue references :

VG.2406 - Maz.639 - G.448

Obverse

Obverse legend : NAPOLEON II - EMPEREUR.

Obverse description : Tête enfantine nue à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse legend : EMPIRE (LAURIER) FRANCAIS/ 1/ FRANC/ ESSAI/ 1816.

Reverse description : entre deux branches d'olivier.

Commentary

Rare version sans l’accent sur le premier “E” de ESSAI.
Ces monnaies sont apocryphes et ont été fabriquées sous le règne de Napoléon III, en Belgique peut-être afin de commémorer la mémoire du Roi de Rome, mort à 21 ans en terre étrangère.