France 1771-BB sol

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74793
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This specimen was lot 74793 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Sol, 1771-BB. Strasbourg Mint. Louis XV. PCGS MS-63 Brown." The specimen shown is a sol à la vieille tête minted at Strasbourg 1770-74 at the end of the reign of Louis XV of France. The Strasbourg mint closed in 1870. Eleven mints struck this type. Its face value was 12 deniers, one sol or 1/120 of a silver écu. The type is common in low grade (the SCWC values it at $3 in VG) but well made specimens are scarce.

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

Specification: pure copper, 12.23 g, 28-30 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by C.-N. Röettiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 865, Dr/2 № 579, KM-545.4; Gad-280.

Source:

  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, 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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