France 1793-R ecu

from the Stacks Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 22358

This specimen was lot 22358 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu, 1793-R. Orleans Mint. NGC AU-55. A highly original example from this scarcer mint, with a lovely veil of tone over the surfaces and strong underlying luster. A touch of central softness likely prevented the AU-58 grade." This specimen is a "constitutional écu" struck at the Orleans 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.

Specification: silver, 11 deniers (.917 fine), 8.3 pieces to the mark (29.488 g), face value 6 livres, 39 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dav-1335; KM-615.12; Gad-55.

Source:

Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
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.
^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

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