France 1719-B 10 sols

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74724

This specimen was lot 74724 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Navarre. 1/8 Ecu (10 Sols), 1719-B. Rouen Mint. Louis XV. PCGS EF-45. From the Richard August Collection." This coin, called a ten sols de France et de Navarre, was part of the John Law issues of 1719-23. It was worth 10 sols (one fourth of the petit louis d'argent) and was struck 1719 only. The succeeding type, the douzieme d'écu à l'écusson de France, was set equal to 15 sols and was struck over this type.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a slightly better date^[2].

Specification: 2.04 g, 0.917 fine silver, 20 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 852, Dr/2 № 565, Dupl-1662, KM-441.3; Gad-287.

Sources:

Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
^[2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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France 1719-B 10 sols

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