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* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. | * 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. | * Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019. | ||
| − | * <sup>[1]</sup>Jürg Richter, ''Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland,'' | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Jürg Richter, ''Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland,'' Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017. |
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Revision as of 10:25, 20 June 2025
This specimen was lot 3637 in Sincona sale 39 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 475 CHF (about US$570 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Königreich, Constitution, 1791-1793 Ecu constitutionell 1793 K. Bordeaux. Fast vorzüglich-vorzüglich. (kingdom of France, Louis XVI, 1791-93, constitutional écu of 1793, Bordeaux mint. Almost extremely fine-extremely fine.)"
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, the other mints are mostly rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown but fairly common.
Specification: silver, 11 deniers (.917 fine), 8.3 pieces to the mark (29.488 g), face value 6 livres, 39 mm diameter. This specimen is 29.32 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-1335; Duplessy 1718; Ciani 2238; Gad-55; KM 615.8.
- 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.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 39, World coins and medals, coins and medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.
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- 1793-H demi-sol aux balance
- France (1793) 2 sols pattern
- 1793-B deux sols au balance
- 1792-B 2 sols
- France (1793) 2 sols pattern
- 1793-B 2 sols au balance
- 1793-H double sol à la balance
- France 1793 5 sols Brézin's pattern
- 1793-I 30 sols
- 1793-Q 30 sols
- 1793-A demi-écu constitutionnel
- France 1793 3 livres, pattern
- 1793-A écu constitutionnel
- 1793-AA écu constitutionnel
- 1793-B écu constitutionnel
- 1793-BB écu constitutionnel
- 1793-D écu constitutionnel
- 1793-I écu constitutionnel
- 1793-L écu constitutionnel
- 1793-M écu constitutionnel
- 1793-MA écu constitutionnel
- 1793-N écu constitutionnel
- 1793-R écu constitutionnel
- 1793-A 6 livres
- 1793-AA 6 livres
- 1793-BB 6 livres
- 1793-L 6 livres
- 1793-N 6 livres
- 1793-W 6 livres
- 1793-A 24 livres
- 1793-A louis d'or constitutionnel
- 1793-W 24 livres
- France L'AN 2-A centime, pattern
- France L'AN 2-A 5 decimes, pattern, statue of Isis
- Coins and currency dated 1793