10 Reales - Napoleon III Mule

Features

Issuer Paraguay
Issuing entity Tesoro Nacional de la República
Period Republic (1811-date)
Type Pattern
Year 1854
Value 10 Reales
Currency Paraguayan Real (1845-1856)
Composition Other (Silver-Plated White Metal)
Weight 19.14 g
Diameter 37.4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Number
N#
170005
References M# 45
Miguel Ángel Pratt Mayans; 2013. Catálogo de monedas y ensayos de la República del Paraguay. M. A. Pratt Mayans, Asunción, Paraguay.

Obverse

Head of Napoleon III Left

Script: Latin

Lettering: NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR

Translation: Napoleon III Emperor

Engraver: Louis-Charles Bouvet

Designer: Louis-Charles Bouvet

Reverse

Denomination, name of the country, one of the two national coats of arms (Sello de Hacienda)

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY
PAZ Y JUSTICIA
10 R.

Translation:
Republic of Paraguay
Peace and justice
10 R.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

Catálogo de Monedas y Ensayos de la República del Paraguay. Miguel Angel Pratt Mayans, 2013 (M45).
Striked over French coin Napoleon III. Paris mint.
Very unusual, this rare mule was produced at the Paris mint with an obverse die of a Napoleon III 5 Francs and then the obverse was apparently silver-plated. The strike is excellent as with nearly all Paris mint emissions of this period and the obverse at least is somewhat prooflike, although there is a fair amount of chatter in the fields of both sides.
Highly unusual and clearly quite rare.
Estimated value: USD 1500

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Reales - Napoleon III (Mule)Picture 1 of a sold 10 Reales - Napoleon III (Mule)
Stacks Bowers
Sale 161 - August 2011 ANA Auction
Lot 20602
Internet Archive
16 Aug 2011 USD 1180.00
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