Difference between revisions of "France 1793-B ecu"

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (Text replacement - "Stack's Bowers LLC," to "[http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC],")
m (Text replacement - "* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2011, 20me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2011." to "* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.")
Line 13: Line 13:
 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
 
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.  
 
* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.  
−
* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2011, 20me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2011.  
+
* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.  
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2019.  
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2019.  
  

Revision as of 17:30, 20 June 2021

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 20477
France SB819-20477r.jpg

This specimen was lot 20477 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu, 1793-B. Rouen Mint. Louis XVI under the First Republic. PCGS MS-64 Gold Shield. The better date of this short-lived type, struck prior to the trial and execution of the king. Lustrous and fully argent, with a few minor planchet flaws, most conspicuously on the king's forehead. An alluring near gem." This specimen is a "constitutional écu" struck at the Rouen mint, one of a type struck there 1792-93. Its divisions were the ½, 1/4 and 1/8 écu, struck in billon. The écu was worth $1.10 in the USA before the Civil War. The 1792-A and 1793-A are the most available dates of this scarce type, the other mints are all rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, 11 deniers (.917 fine), 8.3 pieces to the mark (29.488 g), face value 6 livres, 39 mm diameter. This specimen is Ø38 mm, 29.42 g, 6h axis.

Catalog reference: Dav-1335; Duplessy 1718; Ciani 2238; Gad-55; KM 615.3.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=France_1793-B_ecu&oldid=158159"