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Iles de France et Bonapart
French Administration. Napoleon 10 Livres 1810 MS62 NGC, KM1, Dav-37. Struck for use in Reunion, which had changed its name to Iles de Bonaparte in the Napoleonic period. The 10 Livres was a type that Governor Decaen had minted at Île de France in 1810. He entrusted the coining to the engraver "Aveline", who designed the coins and whose signature appears on them below the crowned eagle. The silver for the coining these pieces came from approximately 230,000 dollars that the Portuguese ship Ovidor Pereira was carrying from Macao when Lieutenant Pierre Bouvet of French brig Entreprenant (1808) captured her in the Straits of Malacca on October 20th, 1809. The example at hand boasts a sound strike for this notoriously weak issue, with virtually all of the breast feathers visible. Decidedly difficult in Mint State.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 5000-6000 USD
French Administration. Napoleon 10 Livres 1810 MS62 NGC, KM1, Dav-37. Struck for use in Reunion, which had changed its name to Iles de Bonaparte in the Napoleonic period. The 10 Livres was a type that Governor Decaen had minted at Île de France in 1810. He entrusted the coining to the engraver "Aveline", who designed the coins and whose signature appears on them below the crowned eagle. The silver for the coining these pieces came from approximately 230,000 dollars that the Portuguese ship Ovidor Pereira was carrying from Macao when Lieutenant Pierre Bouvet of French brig Entreprenant (1808) captured her in the Straits of Malacca on October 20th, 1809. The example at hand boasts a sound strike for this notoriously weak issue, with virtually all of the breast feathers visible. Decidedly difficult in Mint State.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/iles-de-france-et-bonapart/iles-de-france-et-bonapart-french-administration-napoleon-10-livres-1810-ms62-ngc-/a/3085-30215.s?type=CoinArchives3085
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 5000-6000 USD