France 1771-A 1/10 ecu

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74750
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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 74750 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/10 Ecu, 1771-A. Paris Mint. Louis XV. PCGS AU-55. From the Richard August Collection. Ex: Enterprise Collection (Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc. - 6/2004) Lot # 12882." This diminutive coin, called a dixième d'écu à la vieille tête, was the French equivalent of a dime. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the dixième d'écu = 12 sols. The type was struck at Paris 1770-74.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date[2].

Specification: 2.95 g, 0.917 fine silver, 22 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by J.-C. Röettiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 851, KM-550.1; Gad-293; Ciani-2133.

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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