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July Monarchy (Orleanist) 1830 - 1848
In 1814, the deposed Bourbon Dynasty had been restored to the French throne under Louis XVIII. The Bourbon Dynasty was however, very unpopular with the French people. Charles X, who succeeded his brother in 1824, was even more unpopular than his predeccessor and was notoriously reactionary, and in 1830, was deposed and forced to flee into exile.
Louis Phillipe
Louis Phillipe, Duke of Orleans, was a member of the Borboun cadet branch, as a descendent of the younger son of Louis XIV. His father, who had styled himself as 'Phillipe Egalate' had been a sympathiser of the French Revolution of 1789, and had voted to sentence his cousin, Louis XVI to death in 1792, before he himself was guillotined the following year.
Louis Phillipe had already fled into exile, but returned to France in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. His relationship with the Bourbons was an uneasy one however, and he openly sided with the liberals who opposed the Bourbon's reactionary policies.
1830
In July 1830, the people of Paris revolted agains Charles X, and Louis Phillipe accepted the Chamber of Deputies invitation to proclaim himself king. However, he proclaimed himself 'King of the French' rather than 'King of France' in order to symbolise the distinction between the feudal attitude of the Bourbons and his own consitutional form of monarchy, which was said to exist by the common consent of the people of France, rather than by divine right.
Reign of Louis Phillipe
Louis Phillipe's support came largely from the Liberal section of French soviety, chiefly merchants, industrialists and businessmen. However, he gradually came to alienate this natural support base by refusing to extend the electoral franchise to them, particularly as Britain had done this in 1832 with the Great Reform Act.
Resentment started to build up against Louis Phillipe. In the 1840s, bad harvests and an economic depression had led to rising food prices and unemployment. Criticism of the Orleanist Government continued to rise, and in February 1848, a crackdown on opposition newspapers and political meetings caused Paris to explode in an orgy of rioting and popular unrest. Many soldiers deserted and those who were left were not numerous enough to contain the rioters. Louis Phillipe had little choice but to flee Paris into exile, leading to the declaration of the Second Republic.
Silver 5 Francs
French 5 franc coins have varied in size, metal, and alloy due to inflation, precious metal prices, and other factors. The 1830 - 1848 July Monarchy issues are a similar size to a US Morgan or Peace silver dollar, or a British crown. They contain almost a three quarters of an ounce of fine silver.
Specifications
| Denomination | Diameter | Weight | Purity | ASW |
| 5 Francs | 37 | 25.0000 | .9000 | 0.7234 |
Notes on Table
Weight = Weight in grams
Purity = Purity of alloy.
ASW = Actual silver content in troy ounces.
Prices & Availability
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| Date | Denomination | Description | Mintage | Grade | Availability | Price £ |
| 1845W | 5 Francs | July Monarchy | 11,107,000 | Fine/Fair | Yes | £33 |
| 1844W | 5 Francs | July Monarchy | 8,775,000 | Fine/aFine | Yes | £35 |
| 1840B | 5 Francs | July Monarchy | 3,337,000 | gFine/Fine | Yes | £38 |
| 1839W | 5 Francs | July Monarchy | 3,269,191 | aFine/Fair | Yes | £28 |
| 1839A | 5 Francs | July Monarchy | 5,071,000 | gFine/gFair | Yes | £35 |
| 1837B | 5 Francs | July Monarchy | 6,075,000 | aVF | Yes | £40 |
| 1835A | 5 Francs | July Monarchy | 5,807,000 | Fine | Yes | £38 |
| 1834W | 5 Francs | July Monarchy | 11,733,000 | Fine/aFine | Yes | £35 |
Notes on Table
Availability = Availability from Stock
KM# = Catalogue number in Krause Standard Catalogue of World Coins 1901 - Present
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