France 1773-A 1/5 ecu

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74742
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This specimen was lot 74742 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/5 Ecu (24 Sols), 1773-A. Paris Mint. Louis XV. PCGS AU-55. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1771-74 at Paris, Bayonne and Strasbourg but only the 1774-BB is common.

Recorded mintage: 6,225, a rare date[2].

Specification: 5.89 g, 0.917 fine silver, 26-27 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by J.-C. Röettiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 842, Dr/2 № 592, KM-553.1; Gad-300.

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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