Krause's Catalog C#9

Westphalia - 1813

2/3 Taler
Obverse - Krause C#9 1813 Reverse - Krause C#9 1813
Obverse - HIERONYMUS NAPOLEON
Mintmark, C - Clausthal
Reverse - 2 over 3 in main field
Legend, Outer - KOENIG VON WESTPHALEN . F . P . 1813 Inner - N.D. LEIPZIGER . FUSS . FEIN . SILBER
Device, 5 pointed star at top
Size, 33 mm.
 
"A kingdom, located in western Germany, created by Napoleon for his brother. It was comprised of parts of Hesse-Cassel, Brunswick, Hildesheim, Paderborn, Halberstadt, Osnabruck, Minden, etc. In 1813 and 1814, Westphalia was divided and returned to its former owners."
 
I have a near identical coin from Brunswick-Luneburg as far as the reverse looks. Since the kingdom collapsed in 1813 it is interesting to speculate how near the end this coin was minted. Hieronymus Napoleon is simply Jerome Napoleon, the Emperor's youngest brother.
 
Répertoire des Monnaies Napoléonides (p. 167) says that this is 83% silver. The book identifies four different systems of coinage for this strange kingdom of which this is from the third, the "Système à la taille de Leipsig de 18 florins". The mintage numbers are unknown.