France 1792-M ecu

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1798

This specimen was lot 1798 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $446.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE: First Republic, AR écu de 6 livres, 1792-M, Toulouse Mint issue, 2nd semester, wolf head privy mark, light obverse adjustment marks, EF." This specimen is a "constitutional écu" struck at the Montpellier mint, one of a type struck there 1792-93, prior to the trial and execution of the king. 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. Two privy marks are noted for this date: a coronet and a wolf's head (shown here).

Recorded mintage: unknown but a common date.

Specification: 29.48 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: Dav-1335; KM-615.9, Gadoury-55var.

Source:

• Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
• Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
• 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• France 1792-BB 3 deniers "FRANÇAIS"
• France 1792-D 3 deniers "FRANÇOIS"
• France 1792-BB 6 deniers "FRANÇAIS"
• France 1792-A 12 deniers
• France 1792-B 12 deniers
• France 1792-D 12 deniers
• France 1792-B 2 sols
• 1792-BB 2 sols
• France 1792-W 2 sols
• Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols, seated liberty, "PATENTÉ"
• Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols, Hercules
• 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
• France 1792-I 15 sols
• France 1792-W 15 sols
• France 1792-A 30 sols
• France 1792-BB 30 sols "FRANÇAIS"
• France 1792-A 1/2 ecu
• 1792-A demi-écu constitutionnel
• 1792-A écu au buste habillé
• 1792-A écu "Constitutional"
• 1792-AA écu constitutionnel
• 1792-B écu "Constitutional"
• 1792-BB écu constitutionnel
• 1792-D écu constitutionnel
• 1792-H écu constitutionnel
• 1792-I écu "Constitutional"
• 1792-N écu constitutionnel
• 1792-R écu "Constitutional"
• 1792-W écu "Constitutional"
• 1792-A louis d'or "Constitutional"
• 1792-A double louis d'or à la tête nue
• Coins and currency dated 1792