Lot 382
France - Henri V (1820-1883), Silver essai 5 Francs 1831 (Silver, 24.74 gr, 37 mm). Gadoury 651, Mazard 905. Extremely Fine, Obverse hairline.
The disputed King of France for a week in early August 1830, Henry V, Comte de Chambord (1820-83), was never proclaimed king, was the Legitimist (as opposed to Orleanist or Bonapartist) pretender to the throne of France. The crown ultimately fell to a rival claimant, from the House of Orleans, Louis Philippe. Numerous patterns or fantasies exist with his bust, all struck outside of France.
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