France 1792-T 1/2 ecu

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71052

This specimen was lot 71052 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $2,280. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Constitution. 1/2 Ecu, 1792-T/Year 4. Nantes Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS VF-35. Second semester. A RARE and fairly difficult issue, this toned and circulated minor stands as the only such representative of the type in the PCGS census. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from New Netherlands in 1972 for $125). Ex: New Netherlands (4/1972) Lot # 283." This specimen is one of a type struck 1792-93 during the early stages of the French Revolution before the trial and execution of the king. It is the scarcest of the denominations issued during the "Constitutional" period of 1791-93. Several mints participated in this issue but Paris is the only one not very rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown, a rare date.

Specification: 14.74 g, 0.917 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, lettered edge. Engraved by Augustin Dupré.

Catalog reference: KM-613.4; Gad-43.

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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