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| Unusual world coins French Franc Silver Coin, Henry V, pretender to the French throne. |
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| France 1 Franc Silver Coin of 1831 |
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Obverse: Bare uniformed bust of Henri of Artois as Henry V pretender to the French throne left.
Legend: HENRI V ROI DE FRANCE
Reverse: Crowned shield dividing value (1-F). All within wreath. Date (1831), flanked by lis symbols below.
Reference: Gadoury 451, KM-X#28.1. R!
Diameter: 23 mm; Weight: 4.99 gram of silver.
Henri of Artois, Count of Chambord (Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883) was disputedly King of France from 2 to 9 August 1830 as Henry V, although he was never officially proclaimed as such. Afterwards, he was the Legitimist pretender to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883. Henri was the posthumous son of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, younger son of Charles X of France, by his wife, Princess Carolina of Naples and Sicily, daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies. As the grandson of the king, Henri was a Petit-Fils de France.