France 1792-D ecu

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Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73360
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This specimen was lot 73360 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu, 1792-D/Year 4. Lyon Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS EF-45. Second semester (dot under U)." This specimen is a "constitutional écu" struck at the Lyon mint, one of a type struck there 1792-93, prior to the trial and execution of the king. Its divisions were the half, 1/4 and 1/8 écu, struck in billon. The écu was worth $1.10 in the USA before the Civil War. The 1792-A and 1793-A are the most available dates of this scarce type.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 29.48 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, lettered edge

Catalog reference: Dav-1335; KM-615.4; Gad-55.

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 Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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