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10 Francs (A, BB)
Name:
10 Francs (A, BB)
Catalog Code: km784.3
Country: France
Series: 1852~1870 - Napoleon III
Theme: Emperors, Wreaths
Issue on: 1854
Last Issue: 1860
Distribution: Standard Circulation
Mint: Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
Composition: Gold
Composition details: 900/1000 Gold .0933 oz. AGW. 100/1000 copper
Face value: 10
Catalog Code: km784.3
Country: France
Series: 1852~1870 - Napoleon III
Theme: Emperors, Wreaths
Issue on: 1854
Last Issue: 1860
Distribution: Standard Circulation
Mint: Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
Composition: Gold
Composition details: 900/1000 Gold .0933 oz. AGW. 100/1000 copper
Face value: 10
Currency:
₣ - French franc
Diameter (millimeters): 19.00
Thickness (millimeters): 2.00
Weight (grams): 3.23
Mintage: 68930188
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑O↓
Rim: Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
Shape: Circular
Subject: A, BB
Description: Front: (value & year) 10 FRANCS 1855 - 1860
inside mirror-like wreath of 2 branches
legend: (top, state name) EMPIRE FRANÇAIS
(bottom, mint mark) A or BB
Back: Head 3rd Emperor Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte
(right, 1852-1870)
* 20 April 1808 Paris, French Empire
x (29.I.1853) Eugénie de Montijo (5.V.1826-11.VII.1920)
+ 9 January 1873 (aged 64) Chislehurst, Kent, England
buried: St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, Hampshire, England,
United Kingdom
legend: (ruler, left) NAPOLEON III (title, right) EMPEREUR
(bottom, designer between mint marks) (director mark) BARRE (privy mark)
Mint houses:
A: Paris (Ile de France), BB Strassbourg (Alsace)
km784.3 mintmark: A (hand + anchor)
km784.4 mintmark: BB (bee + anchor)
km784.1 17,0mm, mintmark: A (hand + anchor)
km784.2 17,0mm, mintmark: BB (bee + anchor)
Diameter (millimeters): 19.00
Thickness (millimeters): 2.00
Weight (grams): 3.23
Mintage: 68930188
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑O↓
Rim: Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
Shape: Circular
Subject: A, BB
Description: Front: (value & year) 10 FRANCS 1855 - 1860
inside mirror-like wreath of 2 branches
legend: (top, state name) EMPIRE FRANÇAIS
(bottom, mint mark) A or BB
Back: Head 3rd Emperor Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte
(right, 1852-1870)
* 20 April 1808 Paris, French Empire
x (29.I.1853) Eugénie de Montijo (5.V.1826-11.VII.1920)
+ 9 January 1873 (aged 64) Chislehurst, Kent, England
buried: St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough, Hampshire, England,
United Kingdom
legend: (ruler, left) NAPOLEON III (title, right) EMPEREUR
(bottom, designer between mint marks) (director mark) BARRE (privy mark)
Mint houses:
A: Paris (Ile de France), BB Strassbourg (Alsace)
km784.3 mintmark: A (hand + anchor)
km784.4 mintmark: BB (bee + anchor)
km784.1 17,0mm, mintmark: A (hand + anchor)
km784.2 17,0mm, mintmark: BB (bee + anchor)
