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- 40 Francs France AN12 A Bonaparte Premier Consul
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40 Francs France AN12 A Bonaparte Premier Consul
4 031.96 BGN
- Country: France
- Face value: 40.00
- Year: 1803
- Weight: 12.90 gr.
- Purity: 900/1000
- Fine weight: 11.61 gr.
- Mintage: 253 406 pcs.
- Diameter: 12.90 mm.
- Thickness: 1.50 mm.
Very well-preserved specimen, part of the first gold issues of Napoleon, when he was still the First Consul of the Republic (before becoming Emperor in 1804).
It marks the transition from the revolutionary coinage types to the imperial ones, with its design serving as the predecessor of the later gold 40 francs bearing the inscription NAPOLÉON EMPEREUR.
Obverse:
Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte without a laurel wreath, facing left.
Legend: BONAPARTE PREMIER CONSUL
Below the bust – the engraver’s name: TIOLIER F.
Reverse:
In the center – the denomination 40 FRANCS, below it – AN 12,
surrounded by a laurel wreath.
At the bottom – the mintmark “A” for Paris.
Around the wreath – the legend REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE.
