France 1792-W 15 sols

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72371

photo courtesy Stacks Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 72371 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. 15 Sols, 1792-W. Lille Mint. Louis XVI. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. 2nd semester, with dot. The only [one] of the type in the PCGS census, this lustrous, near choice example emanates from the troubled revolutionary period just before the king was executed." This type was struck 1791-93 at numerous mints. Its face value was one-eighth of an écu.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5 g, 0.666 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 604.14; Gad-36.

Source:

• 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, 1789-2011, 20me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

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• 1792-B 12 deniers
• 1792-D 12 deniers
• 1792-AA 2 sols
• 1792-B 2 sols
• 1792-W 2 sols
• Monneron Freres 1792 2 sols KM-Tn25
• Monneron Freres 1792 5 sols Oath
• Monneron Freres 1792 5 sols Hercules
• 1792-I 15 sols
• 1792-A 30 sols
• 1792-A demi-écu au buste habillé
• 1792-A demi-écu constitutionnel
• 1792-A écu constitutionnel
• 1792-AA écu constitutionnel
• 1792-B écu constitutionnel
• 1792-BB 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"
• Coins and currency dated 1792
• return to French royal coinage (to 1793)