France 1792-I 15 sols

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Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 71044
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This specimen is a billon fifteen sols struck at the Limoges mint in 1791. It is common. Its face value was one-eighth of an écu. The type was struck in France 1791-93 and is known from Paris, Metz, Bordeaux, Bayonne, Marseilles, Nantes, Lille and other mints. The second specimen was lot 71044 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $341.60. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Constitution. 15 Sols, Year 4/1792. Limoges Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, Fine Details. Second semester. Variety without mintmark. A VERY RARE type that lacks the "I" mintmark, with olive-gray toning across both sides. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Elmen in 1988 for $175). Ex: World-Wide Coins of California [James Elmen] XIV (11/1988) Lot # 96."

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: 5 g, 0.666 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 604.5, Gad-36.

Source:

  • Ciani, Louis, Les Monnaies Royales Françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI, avec indication de leur valuer actuelle, Paris, 1926 (reprinted in Barcelona, 1965).
  • 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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