France 1792-A 15 sols

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71097
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This specimen was lot 71097 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Constitution. 15 Sols, 1792-A/Year 4. Paris Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. On the cusp of Mint State status, this specimen displays just the slightest degree of circulation and breaks to the luster, with the noted cleaning being extremely subtle and easily overlooked. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from CGF in 2009 for $289). Ex: CGF 40 (9/2009) Lot # 177." Altho the French Revolution famously began with the fall of the Bastille in June 1789, the upheaval was not immediately reflected in the coinage, which continued to be issued using the designs of the ancien régime. In 1791, the first "constitutional" coins appeared, including 3 deniers (= 1 liard), 6 deniers (= 2 liards), 12 deniers (= 1 sol), 2 sols, 15 sols (= 1/8 écu) and 30 sols. "Constitutional" half écus and écus appeared in 1792. Only then were the old royal designs discontinued. This type was struck 1791-93 at numerous mints but only Paris ("A") and Limoges ("I") are common. Its face value was one-eighth of an écu.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a fairly common date.

Specification: 5 g, 0.666 fine silver, 23.5 mm diameter. Engraved by Augustin Dupré.

Catalog reference: KM-604.1; 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.
  • 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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