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Revision as of 10:33, 17 March 2023
This specimen was lot 70568 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 2 Sol, 1791-W. Lille Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS MS-65. Struck in Bronze, "Bell Metal". A handsome, Gem example of the type with sharp strike and softly lustrous surfaces. A bright coppery mint hue is noted in the peripheral fields." This coin was minted at Lille during the throes of the Revolution. 1793 was the year the king was tried and executed. Amid the chaos, large quantities of these copper two sols were issued, along with six and twelve deniers (¼ and ½ sols). The 1791-93 issues bear the bust of the king but his ouster forced the removal of his portrait. This type was hurriedly and crudely made and is rarely found better than Very Good.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.
Specification: bronze or metal du cloche.
Catalog reference: KM-603.16; Gad-25.
- 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, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
Link to:
- 1791-A sol à l'écu
- 1791-D sol à l'écu
- 1791-K sol à l'écu
- 1791-R sol à l'écu
- 1791-W sol à l'écu
- 1791-A 12 deniers
- 1791-AA 12 deniers
- 1791-BB 12 deniers
- 1791-D 12 deniers
- 1791-A 2 sols Constitutionnel
- Monneron Freres 1791 2 sols
- 1791-A 15 sols
- 1791-AA 15 sols
- 1791-H 15 sols
- 1791-I 15 sols
- 1791-MA 15 sols
- 1791-W 15 sols
- 1791-A 30 sols
- 1791-I 30 sols
- 1791-A demi-écu au buste habillé
- 1791-A écu au buste habillé
- 1791-I écu au buste habillé
- 1791-A double louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1792-A 2 sols
- 1792-AA 2 sols
- 1792-B 2 sols
- Coins and currency dated 1791
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)