France 1790-MA 1/2 ecu

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71030
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This specimen was lot 71030 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Kingdom. 1/2 Ecu, 1790-MA. Marseille Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details. Though some cleaning is observed, this minor offers some deep and alluring color taking hold along with a RARE and lesser-encountered status. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Claude Silberstein in Paris in September 1961)." This type was struck 1774-92 but this is the only date from Marseille.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 0.917 fine silver, 14.74 g, 30.5 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 885, Dr/2 № 618, KM-562.8; Gad-355 (R3).

Source:

  • 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]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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