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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but fairly common.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but fairly common.
  
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''Specification:'' 29.45 g, .917 fine silver, 39 mm diameter.
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''Specification:'' 29.45 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39 mm diameter.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1335]]; KM-615.3; Gad-55.
 
''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1335]]; KM-615.3; Gad-55.
  
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
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* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2011, 20me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2011.  
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* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.  
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* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
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* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.
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* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 1964.  
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* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.  
 
* Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition'', Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
 
* Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition'', Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2012.  
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2012.  
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* [[France 1792-A 30 sols|1792-A 30 sols]]
 
* [[France 1792-A 30 sols|1792-A 30 sols]]
 
* [[France 1792-D 3 deniers|1792-D 3 deniers]]
 
* [[France 1792-D 3 deniers|1792-D 3 deniers]]
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* [[France 1792 1/2 sol]] Brézin's pattern
 
* [[France 1792-BB 6 deniers|1792-BB 6 deniers, "FRANÇAIS"]]
 
* [[France 1792-BB 6 deniers|1792-BB 6 deniers, "FRANÇAIS"]]
 
* [[France 1792-A 12 deniers|1792-A 12 deniers]]
 
* [[France 1792-A 12 deniers|1792-A 12 deniers]]
 
* [[France 1792-B 12 deniers|1792-B 12 deniers]]
 
* [[France 1792-B 12 deniers|1792-B 12 deniers]]
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* [[France 1792-BB 12 deniers|1792-BB 12 deniers, "FRANÇOIS" and "FRANÇAIS"]]
 
* [[France 1792-D 12 deniers|1792-D 12 deniers]]
 
* [[France 1792-D 12 deniers|1792-D 12 deniers]]
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* [[France 1792 5 sols]] Brézin's pattern
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* [[Lefevre and Lesage 1792 10 sols token KM-Tn19|Lefevre and Lesage 1792 10 sols token]]
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* [[Lefevre and Lesage 1792 20 sols token KM-Tn21|Lefevre and Lesage 1792 20 sols token]]
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* [[France 1792-A 15 sols|1792-A 15 sols]]
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* [[France 1792-D 15 sols|1792-D 15 sols]]
 
* [[France 1792-I 15 sols|1792-I 15 sols]]
 
* [[France 1792-I 15 sols|1792-I 15 sols]]
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* [[France 1792-L 15 sols|1792-L 15 sols]]
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* [[France 1792-M 15 sols|1792-M 15 sols]]
 
* [[France 1792-W 15 sols|1792-W 15 sols]]
 
* [[France 1792-W 15 sols|1792-W 15 sols]]
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* [[France 1792-BB 1/2 ecu|1792-BB ''demi-écu constitutionnel'']]
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* [[France 1792-N 1/2 ecu|1792-N ''demi-écu constitutionnel'']]
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* [[France 1792-T 1/2 ecu|1792-T ''demi-écu constitutionnel'']]
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* [[France 1792 3 livres]] pattern
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* [[France 1792-A ecu Dav-1333|1792-A ''écu au buste habillé'']]
 
* [[France 1792-A ecu|1792-A ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-A ecu|1792-A ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-AA ecu|1792-AA ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-AA ecu|1792-AA ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-BB ecu|1792-BB ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-BB ecu|1792-BB ''écu constitutionnel'']]
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* [[France 1792-D ecu|1792-D ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-H ecu|1792-H ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-H ecu|1792-H ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-I ecu|1792-I ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-I ecu|1792-I ''écu constitutionnel'']]
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* [[France 1792-K ecu|1792-K ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-M ecu|1792-M ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-M ecu|1792-M ''écu constitutionnel'']]
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* [[France 1792-MA ecu|1792-MA ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-N ecu|1792-N ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-N ecu|1792-N ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-R ecu|1792-R ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-R ecu|1792-R ''écu constitutionnel'']]
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* [[France 1792-T ecu|1792-T ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-W ecu|1792-W ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-W ecu|1792-W ''écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1793-A 6 livres|1793-A 6 livres]]
 
* [[France 1793-A 6 livres|1793-A 6 livres]]

Latest revision as of 19:35, 11 October 2025

Ponterio sale 168, lot 50414
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 50414 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $764. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu (6 Livres), 1792-B. NGC AU-58. Toned." This specimen is a "constitutional écu" struck at the Rouen 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.

Specification: 29.45 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dav-1335; KM-615.3; Gad-55.

Source:

  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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