France 1792-N 12 deniers

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Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, part of lot 71308
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Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, part of lot 71308
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These specimen were part of lot 71308 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), which sold for $219.60. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Constitution. Octet of 12 Deniers (8 Pieces), Year 4/1792. Louis XVI. Grade Range: FINE to EXTREMELY FINE Details. 1) Bordeaux, VERY FINE. 2) Bayonne, EXREMELY FINE. Environmental Damage. 3) Bayonne, 11.94 g. VERY FINE. Cleaned. 4) Toulouse, VERY FINE. 5) Marseille, 11.09 g. VERY FINE. 6) Marseille, 12.59 g. FINE. 7) Montpellier, VERY FINE. 8) Montpellier, FINE. Damaged. SOLD AS IS/NO RETURNS. From the Richard Margolis Collection." These specimens are from a type struck 1791-93 during the early stages of the French Revolution before the trial and execution of the king. Enormous quantities were produced at several temporary mints from any metal available. This product of the Montpellier mint is a common date.

The provisional mints of the Revolution.[2] Responding to an acute coin shortage caused by the collapse of the assignats, the National Assembly late in 1791 authorized the establishment of temporary mints to supplement the output of base metal coinage by the regular mints. These provisional mints were to be close to existing mints and supervised by mint personnel. These requirements were ignored. The following mints are known to have produced three, six and twelve denier pieces and two sols: Convent des Barnabites (in Paris, but outside the Mint), mintmark "A" with a dot; Arras, mintmark "W" with a dot; Besançon, mintmark "BB"; Clermont-Ferrand, mintmark "I" with a dot; Dijon, mintmark "D" with a dot; Metz (adjacent to the regular mint), mintmark "AA" with a dot; Roanne, mintmark "D"; and Saumur, mintmark "T" with a dot. Most of these mints were closed by the end of 1792 tho some may have operated into 1793.

Recorded mintage: 1,980,384.

Specification: 12.23 g, bronze or brass, 29 mm diameter. The first specimen is 12.19 g, the second specimen is 10.78 g.

Catalog reference: Dupl-1723; KM-600.12; Gad-15.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • [2]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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