France 1792 2 sols
This specimen was lot 43202 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE. National Convention. Bronze 2 Sols Essai (Pattern), 1792. Paris Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-64 Brown. Plain edge. By A. Dupré. An enticing and resoundingly attractive example of the type, this EXTREMELY RARE variant features a bronze alloy and displays a combination of the correct spelling for RÈGNE, the presence of two stars, and the legend in the exergue, all while glistening with robust brilliance and luster. From the Richard Margolis Collection."
Altho dated 1792, we surmise this was made later, most likely in 1793. A one sol pattern also exists with this design. The republic was declared in September 1792 but the king's bust was not removed from the coinage until after his trial and execution in January 1793.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: bronze.
Catalog reference: cf. Maz-335 (bell metal & no legend in obv. exergue).
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
- Guilloteau, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, Colonies 1670-1942 et Metropole 1774-1942, Versailles, 1942.
Link to:
- 1792-BB 3 deniers, "FRANÇAIS"
- 1792-D 3 deniers
- 1792-BB 6 deniers, "FRANÇAIS"
- 1792-A 12 deniers
- 1792-B 12 deniers
- 1792-D 12 deniers
- France 1792 sol, pattern
- 1792-A 2 sols
- 1792-AA 2 sols
- 1792-B 2 sols
- 1792-BB 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
- Lefèvre and Lesage 1792 10 sols token
- Lefèvre and Lesage 1792 20 sols token
- 1792-I 15 sols
- 1792-W 15 sols
- 1792-A 30 sols
- 1792-A demi-écu au buste habillé
- 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
- 1793-A sol au balance
- 1793-AA sol au balance
- France (1793) 2 sols pattern
- 1793-B 2 sols au balance
- 1793-H double sol à la balance
- Coins and currency dated 1792
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)