France 1792-N ecu
This specimen was lot 851 in Sincona sale 63 (Zurich, June 2020), where it sold for 250 CHF (about US$313 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Frankreich, konigreich, Constitution, 1791-1793. Ecu de 6 livres 1792 / AN 4 N, Montpellier. Sehr schön. Justiert. (kingdom of France, constitutional period, écu of six livres of 1792, Montpellier mint. Very fine, Adjustment marks.)"
This specimen is a "constitutional écu" struck at the Montpellier 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 but scarce.
Specification: 29.48 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, lettered edge; this specimen 29.41 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-1335; KM-615.12; Gad-55.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2011, 20me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2011.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Richter, Jurg, Sincona sale 63: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2020.
Link to:
- 1791-A écu au buste habillé
- 1791-I écu au buste habillé
- 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
- 1792-AA 2 sols
- 1792-B 2 sols
- 1792-W 2 sols
- Monneron Freres 1792 5 sols Oath
- Monneron Freres 1792 5 sols Hercules
- 1792-I 15 sols
- 1792-W 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-R écu constitutionnel
- 1792-W écu constitutionnel
- 1792-A louis d'or "Constitutional"
- 1793-D écu constitutionnel
- 1793-I écu constitutionnel
- 1793-MA écu constitutionnel
- Coins and currency dated 1792
- return to French Royal coinage (to 1793)