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''Recorded mintage'': unknown, a better date but not rare.
 
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''Specifications'': 29.48 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, lettered edge.
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''Specification'': 29.48 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, lettered edge.
  
 
''Catalog reference'': [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1335]]; KM-615.7; Gad-55.  
 
''Catalog reference'': [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1335]]; KM-615.7; Gad-55.  
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* [[France 1791 ecu|1791 écu, design competition]]
 
* [[France 1791 ecu|1791 écu, design competition]]
 
* [[France 1791-A ecu|1791-A ''écu au buste habillé'']]
 
* [[France 1791-A ecu|1791-A ''écu au buste habillé'']]
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* [[France 1791-BB ecu|1791-BB ''écu au buste habillé'']]
 
* [[France 1791-H ecu|1791-H ''écu au buste habillé'']]
 
* [[France 1791-H ecu|1791-H ''écu au buste habillé'']]
 
* [[France 1791-I ecu|1791-I ''écu au buste habillé'']]
 
* [[France 1791-I ecu|1791-I ''écu au buste habillé'']]
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* [[France 1792-H 2 sols|1792-H 2 ''sols Constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-H 2 sols|1792-H 2 ''sols Constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-M 2 sols|1792-M 2 ''sols Constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-M 2 sols|1792-M 2 ''sols Constitutionnel'']]
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* [[France 1792-MA 2 sols|1792-MA 2 sols]]
 
* [[France 1792-N 2 sols|1792-N 2 ''sols Constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-N 2 sols|1792-N 2 ''sols Constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-R 2 sols|1792-R 2 ''sols Constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-R 2 sols|1792-R 2 ''sols Constitutionnel'']]
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* [[Clemanson 1792 2 sols token KM-Tn8|Clemanson et C<sup>E</sup> 1792 2 sols token]]
 
* [[Clemanson 1792 2 sols token KM-Tn8|Clemanson et C<sup>E</sup> 1792 2 sols token]]
 
* [[Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols KM-Tn25|Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols, seated liberty, "PATENTÉ"]]
 
* [[Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols KM-Tn25|Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols, seated liberty, "PATENTÉ"]]
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* [[Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols KM-Tn26|Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols, seated liberty, no brackets around "PATENTÉ"]]
 
* [[Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols KM-Tn27|Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols, Hercules]]
 
* [[Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols KM-Tn27|Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols, Hercules]]
 
* [[Monneron Freres 1792 5 sols KM-Tn28|Monneron Freres 1792 5 sols, oath, "PATENTÉ"]]
 
* [[Monneron Freres 1792 5 sols KM-Tn28|Monneron Freres 1792 5 sols, oath, "PATENTÉ"]]
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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]]
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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]]
 
* [[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-A 30 sols|1792-A 30 sols]]
 
* [[France 1792-A 30 sols|1792-A 30 sols]]
 
* [[France 1792-BB 30 sols]] "FRANÇAIS"
 
* [[France 1792-BB 30 sols]] "FRANÇAIS"
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* [[France 1792-D 30 sols|1792-D 30 sols]]
 
* [[France 1792-I 30 sols|1792-I 30 sols]]
 
* [[France 1792-I 30 sols|1792-I 30 sols]]
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* [[France 1792-MA 30 sols|1792-MA 30 sols]]
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* [[France 1792-N 30 sols|1792-N 30 sols]]
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* [[France 1792-Q 30 sols|1792-Q 30 sols]]
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* [[France 1792-R 30 sols|1792-R 30 sols]]
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* [[France 1792-T 30 sols|1792-T 30 sols]]
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* [[France 1792-W 30 sols|1792-W 30 sols]]
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* [[France 1792-Pau 30 sols|1792 30 sols du Béarn]]
 
* [[France 1792-A 1/2 ecu|1792-A ''demi-écu au buste habillé'']]
 
* [[France 1792-A 1/2 ecu|1792-A ''demi-écu au buste habillé'']]
 
* [[France 1792-A 1/2 ecu KM-613.1|1792-A ''demi-écu constitutionnel'']]
 
* [[France 1792-A 1/2 ecu KM-613.1|1792-A ''demi-écu constitutionnel'']]
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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'']]
 
* [[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'']]
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* [[France 1792-A 2 louis d'or|1792-A ''double louis d'or à la tête nue'']]
 
* [[France 1792-A 2 louis d'or|1792-A ''double louis d'or à la tête nue'']]
 
* [[France 1793-B 2 sols au balance|1793-B 2 ''sols au balance'']]
 
* [[France 1793-B 2 sols au balance|1793-B 2 ''sols au balance'']]
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* [[France 1793-BB sol au balance|1793-BB ''sol à la balance'']]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1792]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1792]]
 
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]
 
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[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale]][[Category:Silver ecus of France]]
 
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale]][[Category:Silver ecus of France]]

Latest revision as of 09:38, 21 October 2025

Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 43087
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This specimen was lot 43087 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Constitution. Ecu, Year 4/1792-K. Bordeaux Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS AU-55. Second semester (with dots under U & S). The only example of the type in the PCGS census, this near-Mint specimen offers a gunmetal gray hue along with subtle hints of olive and glints of brilliance among the protected areas. From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Münzen und Medaillen in Basel on 26 November 1962 for $8.85)." This specimen is a "constitutional écu" struck at the Bordeaux 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, a better date but not rare.

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

Catalog reference: Dav-1335; KM-615.7; Gad-55.

Sources:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • 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.
  • Guilloteau, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, Colonies 1670-1942 et Metropole 1774-1942, Versailles, 1942.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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