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Revision as of 16:27, 31 August 2024
This specimen was lot 73360 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu, 1792-D/Year 4. Lyon Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS EF-45. Second semester (dot under U)." This specimen is a "constitutional écu" struck at the Lyon mint, one of a type struck there 1792-93, prior to the trial and execution of the king. Its divisions were the half, 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.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 29.48 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, lettered edge
Catalog reference: Dav-1335; KM-615.4; Gad-55.
- 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 Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
- 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.
- George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
Link to:
- 1791 écu, design competition
- 1791-A écu au buste habillé
- 1791-I écu au buste habillé
- 1792-BB 3 deniers, "FRANÇAIS"
- 1792-D 3 deniers
- 1792-BB 6 deniers, "FRANÇAIS"
- 1792-A 12 deniers
- 1792-B 12 deniers
- 1792-D 12 deniers
- 1792-A 2 sols
- 1792-AA 2 sols
- 1792-B 2 sols
- 1792-BB 2 sols
- 1792-W 2 sols
- Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols KM-Tn25
- 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
- 1792-I 15 sols
- 1792-W 15 sols
- 1792-A 30 sols
- 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-H écu constitutionnel
- 1792-I écu constitutionnel
- 1792-M écu constitutionnel
- 1792-N écu constitutionnel
- 1792-R écu constitutionnel
- 1792-W écu constitutionnel
- 1792-A louis d'or "Constitutional"
- 1792-A double louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1793-BB écu constitutionnel
- 1793-D écu constitutionnel
- 1793-I écu constitutionnel
- 1793-MA écu constitutionnel
- Coins and currency dated 1792
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)