Country:

France

Series:

1852~1870 - Napoleon III

Catalog codes:

Colnect codes FR-006992
World Coins km807.2

Variants:

3

Issued on:

1866

Last issue date:

1869

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Mints:

Mint of Strasbourg (BB), France

Composition:

Silver

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Pins. Both sides

Weight:

10 grams

Diameter:

27 mm

Thickness:

1.8 mm

Face value:

2 F - French franc

Known mintage:

3,089,824for 1866 BB

Composition Details:

Silver Ag. 0.835

Description:

Obverse: Crowned and mantled Imperial arms divide denomination "2 F" (francs), date below "1866 (~69)" divides mintmarks, cross "✠" left and anchor "⚓" right. State name "EMPIRE FRANCAIS" (French Empire)
Reverse: Laureate head of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte facing left, engraver at bottom "BARRE" Désiré-Albert Barre. Ruler "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR" (Emperor), mintmark "BB" (Strasbourg)