France 1788-N 1/10 ecu

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 827

This specimen was lot 827 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $600. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE: Louis XVI, 1774-1790, AR 1/10 écu (12 sols), Montpellier, 1788-N, very lightly toned, rare date/mintmark, PCGS graded MS64. Second finest graded at PCGS." Despite the tiny mintage, this date counts as common. The Montpellier mint struck this denomination intermittently 1775-89.

Recorded mintage: 13,000.

Specifications: 2.948 g, 0.917 fine silver, 22 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-568.9, Gadoury-353, Dupl-1711, Dr/4 № 887.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

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