August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
FRANCE. Constitution. Bronze 5 Sols Token, Year III/1792. Birmingham (Soho) Mint. PCGS MS-64 Brown.
Maz-145 var. (Year IV). Lettered (Départements) edge. By A. Dupré for the Monneron Brothers. Weight: 30.33 gms. Margolis notes the superb strike quality on this example, positing that it may have been struck upon a hand press. Warm brown surfaces, with some dazzling hints of red surrounding the devices. About this RARE type, Margolis, in his 1988 article entitled "Matthew Boulton's French Ventures of 1791 and 1792; Tokens for the Monneron Frères of Paris and Isle de France," also writes that--" On 11 January 1792 Dr Swediaur, writing from Calais on his return journey to Paris, informed Boulton that the National Assembly had just decreed that the fourth year of Liberty should commence as from the beginning of 1792. He therefore requested a change in the dating of the tokens from L'AN III to L'AN IV. This was quickly done, and as a result the 1792, Year III type was struck for circulation for a very brief time; consequently, it is the scarcest major variety of the regular issue five sols token. In contrast, some seventy tons of the Year IV variety were eventually produced. "
From the Richard Margolis Collection (acquired from Monnaies d'Antan on 8 November 2008). Ex: Monnaies d'Antan 4 (11/2008) Lot # 957.
Estimate: $300.00- $500.00
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| Price realized | 750 USD |
| Starting price | 180 USD |
