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* [[Lefevre and Lesage 1792 10 sols token KM-Tn19|Lefevre and Lesage 1792 10 sols token]] | * [[Lefevre and Lesage 1792 10 sols token KM-Tn19|Lefevre and Lesage 1792 10 sols token]] | ||
* [[Lefevre and Lesage 1792 20 sols token KM-Tn21|Lefevre and Lesage 1792 20 sols token]] | * [[Lefevre and Lesage 1792 20 sols token KM-Tn21|Lefevre and Lesage 1792 20 sols token]] | ||
| + | * [[France 1792-A 15 sols|1792-A 15 sols]] | ||
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* [[France 1792-I 15 sols|1792-I 15 sols]] | * [[France 1792-I 15 sols|1792-I 15 sols]] | ||
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* [[France 1792-M 15 sols|1792-M 15 sols]] | * [[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]] | ||
| + | * [[France 1792-BB 1/2 ecu|1792-BB ''demi-écu constitutionnel'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1792-N 1/2 ecu|1792-N ''demi-écu constitutionnel'']] | ||
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* [[France 1792 3 livres]] pattern | * [[France 1792 3 livres]] pattern | ||
* [[France 1792-A ecu Dav-1333|1792-A ''écu au buste habillé'']] | * [[France 1792-A ecu Dav-1333|1792-A ''écu au buste habillé'']] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:35, 11 October 2025
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.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1792-A 30 sols
- 1792-D 3 deniers
- France 1792 1/2 sol Brézin's pattern
- 1792-BB 6 deniers, "FRANÇAIS"
- 1792-A 12 deniers
- 1792-B 12 deniers
- 1792-BB 12 deniers, "FRANÇOIS" and "FRANÇAIS"
- 1792-D 12 deniers
- France 1792 5 sols Brézin's pattern
- Lefevre and Lesage 1792 10 sols token
- Lefevre and Lesage 1792 20 sols token
- 1792-A 15 sols
- 1792-D 15 sols
- 1792-I 15 sols
- 1792-L 15 sols
- 1792-M 15 sols
- 1792-W 15 sols
- 1792-BB demi-écu constitutionnel
- 1792-N demi-écu constitutionnel
- 1792-T demi-écu constitutionnel
- France 1792 3 livres pattern
- 1792-A écu au buste habillé
- 1792-A écu constitutionnel
- 1792-AA écu constitutionnel
- 1792-BB écu constitutionnel
- 1792-D écu constitutionnel
- 1792-H écu constitutionnel
- 1792-I écu constitutionnel
- 1792-K écu constitutionnel
- 1792-M écu constitutionnel
- 1792-MA écu constitutionnel
- 1792-N écu constitutionnel
- 1792-R écu constitutionnel
- 1792-T écu constitutionnel
- 1792-W écu constitutionnel
- 1793-A 6 livres
- 1793-AA 6 livres
- Coins and currency dated 1792
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)