1 Franc - Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Second Republic (1848-1852)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1852 |
| Value | 1 Franc |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) |
| Weight | 5 g |
| Diameter | 23 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 25 May 1864 |
| Number | N# 1170 |
| References | Franc 2014# 212 Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Obverse
Bare head of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte on the left; below, BARRE along the neck.
Script: Latin
Lettering: LOUIS-NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
Engraver: Jacques-Jean Barre
Reverse
1 / FRANC, in two lines in the field, above 1852, within a composite wreath of two branches of oak and two of laurel, tied two by two at the bottom with a ribbon; below the knot, the workshop letter.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
1
FRANC
1852
A
Engraver: Jacques-Jean Barre
Edge
Milled
Mint
| A | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Marks
 |
Jacques-Jean Barre, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1850-1855) |
 |
Charles-Louis Dierickx, Mint Master, Monnaie de Paris (1845-1860) |
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | Frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1852 A | Proof | 1.1% | |||||||||||||
| 1852 A | |
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1 015 084 | $ 27 | $ 41 | $ 81 | $ 200 | $ 350 | $ 430 | Franc 2014# 212/1Stéphane Desrousseaux, Michel Prieur, Laurent Schmitt; 2014. Le Franc: Les Monnaies (10th Edition). Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. |
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Bullion value: USD 10.51
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Actual silver weight: 0.145 oz
Current silver price: 72.64 USD/oz (see silver price 
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