Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1/2 Franc - Charles X
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
|---|---|
| Year | 1825-1830 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 2.5 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of King Charles X facing left, rendered in a neoclassical style with finely detailed curling hair. The engraver's name MICHAUT appears in small capitals at the base of the truncation. The circular legend CHARLES X ROI DE FRANCE. runs along the periphery, divided by the portrait, with a plain inner field. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | CHARLES X ROI DE FRANCE. |
| Reverse description | Central shield of France semé with three fleurs-de-lis arranged two over one on a horizontally lined field, surmounted by the royal crown of France adorned with fleurs-de-lis and a cross pommée. The shield is flanked by two decorative branches — an olive branch to the left and a laurel branch to the right — tied at the base. The denomination 1/2 appears to the left of the shield and F. to the right. The date and mint mark 1829 BB are inscribed in the exergue below the branches. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |