France 1792 3 livres
This specimen was lot 43199 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $4,800. The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE. National Convention. Silver 1/2 Écu de 3 Livres Module Essai (Pattern), 1792. Paris Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-55. Plain edge. By A. Dupré. Diameter: 36mm. Some light rub across the high points along with a subtle rim bruise account for the overall grade, with this elegant proposed minor nevertheless featuring a deeper gray tone and accentuated devices. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Münzen und Medaillen in Basel on 5 February 1977)."
Altho dated 1792, we surmised this was made later, most likely in 1793. The republic was declared in September 1792 but the king's bust was not removed from the coinage until after his trial and execution in January 1793. Other half écus exist, including the 1792-A demi-écu au buste habillé and the 1792-A demi-écu constitutionnel, so we are calling this specimen a three livres to distinguish it.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.74 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Maz-333 (R3); Gad-44; Guilloteau-345.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1792-BB 3 deniers, "FRANÇAIS"
- 1792-D 3 deniers
- France 1792 1/2 sol Brézin's pattern
- 1792-BB 6 deniers, "FRANÇAIS"
- 1792-A 12 deniers
- 1792-B 12 deniers
- 1792-BB 12 deniers, "FRANÇOIS" and "FRANÇAIS"
- 1792-D 12 deniers
- France 1792 sol pattern
- France 1792 2 sols pattern
- France 1792 sol, pattern
- France 1792 2 sols, pattern
- 1792-A 2 sols
- 1792-AA 2 sols
- 1792-B 2 sols
- 1792-BB 2 sols
- 1792-H 2 sols
- 1792-M 2 sols Constitutionnel
- 1792-MA 2 sols
- 1792-N 2 sols Constitutionnel
- 1792-R 2 sols Constitutionnel
- 1792-W 2 sols
- Clemanson et CE 1792 2 sols token
- Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols, seated liberty, "PATENTÉ"
- Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols, seated liberty, no brackets around "PATENTÉ"
- Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols, Hercules
- Monneron Freres 1792 5 sols, oath, "PATENTÉ"
- Monneron Freres 1792/L'AN III 5 sols, oath
- Monneron Freres 1792/L'AN IV 5 sols, oath
- Monneron Freres 1792 5 sols Hercules
- France 1792 5 sols Brézin's pattern
- Lefèvre and Lesage 1792 10 sols token
- Lefèvre and Lesage 1792 20 sols token
- 1792-A 15 sols
- 1792-D 15 sols
- 1792-I 15 sols
- 1792-L 15 sols
- 1792-M 15 sols
- 1792-W 15 sols
- 1792-A 30 sols
- 1792-D 30 sols
- 1792-I 30 sols
- 1792-MA 30 sols
- 1792-N 30 sols
- 1792-Q 30 sols
- 1792-R 30 sols
- 1792-T 30 sols
- 1792-W 30 sols
- 1792 30 sols du Béarn
- 1792-A demi-écu au buste habillé
- 1792-A demi-écu constitutionnel
- 1792-A écu au buste habillé
- 1792-A écu constitutionnel
- 1792-AA écu constitutionnel
- 1792-B écu constitutionnel
- 1792-BB écu constitutionnel
- 1792-D écu constitutionnel
- 1792-H écu constitutionnel
- 1792-I écu constitutionnel
- 1792-K écu constitutionnel
- 1792-M écu constitutionnel
- 1792-MA écu constitutionnel
- 1792-N écu constitutionnel
- 1792-R écu constitutionnel
- 1792-T écu constitutionnel
- 1792-W écu constitutionnel
- 1792-A louis d'or "Constitutional"
- 1792-A double louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1793-H demi-sol à la balance
- 1793-A 12 deniers
- 1793-R 12 deniers
- 1793-W 12 deniers
- 1793-A sol à la balance
- 1793-AA sol à la balance
- France (1793) 2 sols pattern
- 1793-A demi-écu constitutionnel
- France 1793 3 livres, pattern
- Coins and currency dated 1792
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)