France 1721-B 1/12 ecu

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74751
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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 74751 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/12 Ecu (5 Sols), 1721-B. Rouen Mint. Louis XV. PCGS VF-25. From the Richard August Collection." This coin had a face value of 15 sols and was made 1720-23. Nearly all were struck over Dr/4 № 852.

Recorded mintage: unknown, rf only, a scarce date[2].

Specification: 2.04 g, 0.917 fine silver, 20 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 853, KM-463.2; Gad-288.

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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