Monneron Freres 1791 5 sols

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71109
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This specimen was lot 71109 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Constitution. Bronze 5 Sols Token, Year III/1791. Birmingham (Soho) Mint. PCGS MS-63 Brown. By Augustin Dupré for the Monneron Brothers. Olive-brown in hue, this Choice specimen also glistens with some enticing lustrous brilliance. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Schulman in 1957). Ex: Charles N. Cooley Collection (Hans Schulman - 11/1957) Lot # 280." This token is better known dated 1792.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 30.5 g, bronze, lettered edge, this specimen 40 mm diameter, 31.49 g.

Catalog reference: KM-Unlisted; Maz-140.

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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