Clemanson 1792 2 sols token KM-Tn8

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from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 43108
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This specimen was lot 43108 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE. Constitution. Copper 2 Sols Token, Year IV/1792. Lyon Mint. PCGS MS-63 Brown. Coarse edge. By Clémanson & Cie. Standing as one of the finest and heaviest examples of the type seen by Margolis, this token issue presents deep brown surfaces with some scattered hints of red throughout. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Phil Keller on 22 March 1995). Ex: Virgil M. Brand Collection (as "Ferrari-Brand," Schulman - ca. 1932) Lot # 3129. Ex: Baron Phillipe de Ferrari la Renotière Collection. Ex: O. P. Eklund Collection."

Clemanson and Co. seem to have been competitors to the better known Monneron Freres. They had struck copper two sols. A variety (KM Tn7) exists without the flags behind the fasces.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 15.09 g.

Catalog reference: KM Tn8, Maz-127 (R3).

Source:

  • Ciani, Louis, Les Monnaies Royales Françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI, avec indication de leur valuer actuelle, Paris, 1926 (reprinted in Barcelona, 1965).
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
  • Guilloteau, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, Colonies 1670-1942 et Metropole 1774-1942, Versailles, 1942.

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