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Revision as of 16:19, 1 September 2024
This specimen was lot 1411 in Jean Elsen sale 150 (Brussels, March 2022), where it sold for €45 (about US$60 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Constitution (1791-1792), 2 sols, 1792BB, an 4, Strasbourg. Type FRANCAIS. D/ B. dr. à g. R/ Faisceau dans une couronne de chêne. presque Très Beau. (France, constitutional period, 1791-92, double sol of 1792, Strasbourg mint, Type FRANCAIS. Obverse: draped bust right; reverse: fasces in an oak wreath. about Very Fine.)"
This specimen is one of a type struck 1791-93 during the early stages of the French Revolution before the trial and execution of the king. Unlike all the other mints, at Strasbourg the king's title was spelled "ROI DES FRANÇAIS" instead of "ROI DES FRANÇOIS". Enormous quantities were produced at several temporary mints from any metal available. This and other base metal issues of the 1790's went into circulation and were not demonetized until the 1840's.
Recorded mintage: est. 12,000,000 for 1792-93.
Specification: 24.47 g, 32-35 mm diameter, plain edge, bronze or metal du cloche; this specimen 23,28 g.
Catalog reference: Dupl. 1722; Gad-24.
- 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.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 150: Collection J.F.L. Blankenberg, Monnaies de l'Orient Latin, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
Link to:
- 1791 5 livres, pattern
- 1791-A 2 sols
- 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
- 1792-A 2 sols
- 1792-AA 2 sols
- 1792-B 2 sols
- 1792-H 2 sols
- 1792-W 2 sols
- Clemanson et CE 1792 2 sols token
- 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
- Lefevre and Lesage 1792 10 sols token
- Lefevre and Lesage 1792 20 sols token
- 1792-I 15 sols
- 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
- France 1792 3 livres pattern
- 1792-A écu au buste habillé
- 1792-A écu constitutionnel
- 1792-AA écu constitutionnel
- 1792-B écu constitutionnel
- 1792-BB écu constitutionnel
- 1792-D 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
- Coins and currency dated 1792
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)