France 1789-T liard

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Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 71020
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This specimen was lot 71020 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $149. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Kingdom. Liard, 1789-T. Nantes Mint. Louis XVI. ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. Lightly circulated and highly glossy. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Hans Schulman on 24 October 1952 for 50¢). Ex: Howard D. Gibbs Collection, Lot # 999." This specimen is a copper liard à l'écu struck at the Nantes mint in 1789, the year the Bastille fell. Its face value was 3 deniers or one fourth of a sol. The type was struck 1777-91 but this mint struck these liards 1784-91 only.

Recorded mintage: few[2], 1,000,000 per the SCWC.

Specification: 3.06 g, copper, 23.5 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Benjamin Duvivier.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 894, Dr/2 № 627, KM-585.13; Gad-348.

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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