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MORE ON THE FRENCH FIVE FRANCS OF NAPOLEONLast week Granvyl Hulse asked: Is there anyone in our E-Sylum group that is knowledgeable about French five francs of Napoleon? Georges Sion writes: I just joined the E-Sylum, and wanted to reply to Granvyl Hulse' query about his 5 Francs from Napoléon. Looking in the Le Franc reference book for this coinage, I found that 34,557 coins were actually struck (or, better, recorded) for AN 12 in the B (Rouen) mint. The site http://www.lefranc.net records the known best specimen of every French modern coin. Michel Prieur writes: In our book LE FRANC it catalogs for 3000 Euros, roughly 4500 USD, in AU 58 condition (no better example seen). Of course, it is a very rare coin and it might go for more, or less, in an auction. We never had the opportunity to offer this coin in one of our auctions.
To read the previous E-Sylum article, see:
QUERY: FRENCH FIVE FRANCS OF NAPOLEON
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n34a09.html)
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