France 1864-BB 50 centimes

Sincona sale 13, lot 2462

This specimen was lot 2462 in Sincona sale 13 (Zurich, October 2013), where it sold for 120 CHF (about US$155 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"FRANKREICH 50 Centimes 1864. Strassburg Vorzüglich-FDC (France, fifty centimes of 1864, Strasbourg mint, extremely fine to uncirculated)."

This type, struck 1864-69, represented a reduction in fineness from the previous type of 1853-63, which was .900 fine. This date is common.

Recorded mintage: 4,625,849^[1].

Specification: 2.5 g, .835 fine silver, 18 mm diameter, plain edge, this specimen 2.47 g.

Catalog reference: F.188/3, Gadoury 417. KM 814.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2011, 20me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2011.
• ^[1]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies, Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
• ^[2]Auktion 13: Münzen und Medaillen, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2013.

Link to:

• 1864-BB 5 centimes "laureate head"
• 1864-BB 10 centimes
• 1864-A 20 centimes
• 1864-BB 20 centimes
• 1864-A 50 centimes
• 1864-A 5 francs
• 1864-A gold 5 francs
• 1864-BB 10 francs d'or
• 1864-A 20 francs "laureate head"
• 1864-BB 20 francs d'or
• 1864-A 50 francs d'or
• 1864-A 100 francs d'or
• Coins and currency dated 1864