France 1789-M 1/2 sol

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Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 71018
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This specimen was lot 71018 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $129. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Kingdom. 1/2 Sol, 1789-M. Toulouse Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS AU-55. Very lightly circulated and somewhat weakly struck, this red-brown specimen offers great color. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired in 1957)." Altho this type was struck in considerable numbers 1777-91, the only dates known from the Toulouse mint are 1783-84 and 1789. Its face value was 6 deniers or one half of a sol and was not demonetized in France until 1852.

Recorded mintage: unknown but uncommon[2], 1,333,000 per the SCWC.

Specification: 6.12 g, copper, 24-25 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Benjamin Duvivier.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 893, KM-586.10; Gad-349 (R).

Source:

  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 2nd édition. Paris: AFPN, 1998.
  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction - Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, the Richard Margolis Collection and the Kirk Menczer Collection of Republican Reales Minors, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.

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