France 1782-& liard
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This specimen was lot 74777 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Liard, 1782-&. Aix Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS AU-58. From the Richard August Collection." This specimen is a copper liard struck at the Aix mint in 1782. It is a common date of the type. Its face value was 3 deniers or one fourth of a sol. The type was struck 1777-91 and is known from Aix for 1778, 1780-82, 1784 and 1786.
Recorded mintage: 567,000[2].
Specification: 3.06 g, copper, 23.5 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 894, Dr/2 № 627, Gad-348; KM-585.15.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1782-W liard à l'écu
- 1782-R sol à l'écu
- 1782-AA dixième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1782-A cinquième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1782-N cinquième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1782-A écu au buste habillé
- 1782-K écu au buste habillé
- 1782-Q écu au buste habillé
- 1782-T écu au buste habillé
- 1782-A louis d'or au buste habillé
- 1783-W liard à l'écu
- Coins and currency dated 1782
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)