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5 Franken - Jérôme Bonaparte Copper pattern
| Issuer | Westphalia, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1813 |
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| Value | 5 Franken |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1813 C |
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Jérôme Bonaparte's Kingdom of Westphalia was already collapsing by 1813. Napoleon's catastrophic Russian campaign had gutted the conscript pool, French-imposed taxation had exhausted the population's tolerance, and Wellington's successes in Iberia were unraveling the broader Napoleonic system. Pattern coinage produced that year carries an almost absurdist quality — a mint preparing denominations for a state that would cease to exist before the year was out. Jérôme fled Westphalia in September 1813, and the kingdom was dissolved by October.
At 1.48 g, this copper pattern bears no relationship to a working 5-franc specification and was almost certainly a presentation or trial piece rather than a production prototype.