France 1787-AA 1/2 sol

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74781
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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 74781 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/2 Sol, 1787-AA. Metz Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS MS-63 Brown. From the Richard August Collection." This is a demi-sol a l'écu of the Metz mint, struck during the reign of Louis XVI (1774-93). Droulers[2] notes the type as common but the date as somewhat scarce. The type was issued 1777-91.

Recorded mintage: unknown but an uncommon date.

Specification: 6.11 g, copper, 25 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 893, Dr/2 № 626, Dupl-1715; KM-586.2; Gad-349.

Sources:

  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • 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.
  • Guilloteau, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, Colonies 1670-1942 et Metropole 1774-1942, Versailles, 1942.
  • 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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