Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2371. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Westphalia. Jerome (Hieronymus) Napoleon. 1811C. AR Mining Thaler (27.90 gm). Lage head variety. Laureate head right / Five line legend within wreath. KM C-10. AU. ($1000)

The Kingdom of Westphalia was created by Napoleon for his brother, Jerome. It was comprised of parts of Hesse-Cassel, Brunswick, Hildesheim, Paderborn, Halberstadt, Osnabruck, Minden, etc. In 1813 and 1814 it was divided and returned to its former owners.