Lefevre and Lesage 1792 5 sols token KM-Tn15

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Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 71106
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This specimen was lot 71106 in Stack's Bowers June 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2026), where it sold for $244. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Constitution. Silver 5 Sols Token, Year 4/1792. Paris Mint. PCGS MS-62. Lefevre, Lesage & Cie. Quite attractively toned, with a delightful gunmetal gray nature pairing with pastel hues and alluring brilliance. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Randolph Zander in 1956 for $1.25)." Lefèvre, Lesage & Cie seem to have been competitors to the better known Monneron Freres. They had struck silver five, ten and twenty sol tokens which, if exchangeable for écus, as they likely were, would have been worth 1/24, 1/12 and 1/6 écu. A variety of the five sols (KM Tn16) has a small "5" in the denomination instead of the large "5" shown here.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.75 g, 0.694 fine silver, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Maz-137, KM Tn15.

Source:

  • 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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