France 1791-N 15 sols

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Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, part of lot 71296
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This specimen was part of lot 71296 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), which sold for $414.80. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Constitution. Septet of 15 Sols (7 Pieces), Year 3/1791. Louis XVI. Grade Range: VERY FINE to ABOUT UNCIRCULATED Details. 1) Paris, 5.02 g. ABOUT UNCIRCULATED. Scratched. 2) Rouen, VERY FINE. Altered Edge. 3) Rouen, 4.95 g. VERY FINE. Scratched. 4) Montpellier, EXTREMELY FINE. Tooled. 5) Perpignan, 4.89 g. VERY FINE. Scratched. 6) Orleans, 4.96 g. Second semester. VERY FINE. Cleaned. 7) Nantes, EXTREMELY FINE. Scratched. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. From the Richard Margolis Collection." This specimen is a billon fifteen sols struck at the Montpellier mint in 1791. It is scarce. Its face value was one-eighth of an écu. The type was struck 1791-93 and is known from Paris, Metz, Limoges, Bordeaux, Bayonne, Marseilles, La Rochelle, Nantes, Toulouse, Lille and other mints. This variety has "FRANÇOIS" on the obverse whereas the scarcer Gad-35 has "FRANÇAIS".

Recorded mintage: 156,221, a scarce date.

Specification: 4.99 g, 0.666 fine silver, reeded edge, engraved by Augustin Dupré. This specimen is 5.10 g.

Catalog reference: Dupl-1721; KM-604.10; Gad-36.

Source:

  • 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 Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
  • 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, 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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