2 Sols - Louis XVI FRANÇOIS
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Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XVI (1774-1792)
|
| Period |
Constitutional Monarchy (1791-1792)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1791-1793 |
| Value | 2 Sols (0.1 LT) |
| Currency | Livre tournois (1204-1795) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 24 g |
| Diameter | 36 mm |
| Thickness | 3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 3657 |
| References | Dy royales# 1722 Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes). Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Louis Ciani, Jules Florange (ed.); 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France. Arnaud Clairand; 2023. Monnaies Royales Françaises et de la Révolution: 1610-1794 = French Royal and Revolutionary Coins. Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. |
Obverse
Large bust of LOUIS XVI draped on the left, bare head, hair tied at the neck with a ribbon, with the date below.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANÇOIS·
·1791·Å·
Translation:
Louis XVI King of the French
1792 A
Engraver: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier
Reverse
Bundle topped with a Phrygian cap between two oak branches.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LA NATION LA LOI LE ROI·
2 S.
·L'AN 3 DE LA LIBERTE·
Translation:
The Nation The Law The King
2 Sols
The 4th Year of Freedom
Engraver: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier
Edge
Plain
Mints
| 🐄 | Pau, France |
| A | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
| AA | Metz, France (?-1803) |
| B | Rouen, France (?-1858) |
| BB | Strasbourg, France (?-1870) |
| D | Lyon, France (413-1858) |
| H | La Rochelle, France (?-1837) |
| I | Limoges, France (?-1837) |
| K | Bordeaux, France (?-1880) |
| L | Bayonne, France (?-1837) |
| M | Toulouse, France (?-1837) |
| MA | Marseille, France (?-1858) |
| N | Montpellier, France |
| Q | Perpignan, France (?-1837) |
| R | Orléans, France |
| T | Nantes, France (?-1837) |
| W | Lille, France (1685-1858) |
Marks
 |
Félix de Reiset, Mint Master, Strasbourg (1788-1793) |
 |
François Seguy, Mint Master, La Rochelle (1785-1793) |
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| Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | Frequency | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1791 A | 
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$ 2.20 | $ 8.20 | $ 8.20 | $ 8.20 | KM# 603.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
11% | ||||||||
| 1791 A○ | 150 000 | $ 13 | $ 16 | $ 46 | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Paris (Barnabite Convent); dot above Mint letter | 6% | ||||||||
| 1791 AA | KM# 603.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
2% | |||||||||||||
| 1791 B | 768 000 | KM# 603.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.9% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 BB | |
KM# 603.4Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.8% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 H | 614 747 | KM# 603.6Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 K | KM# 603.8Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.4% | |||||||||||||
| 1791 L | 83 000 | KM# 603.9Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.5% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 M | KM# 603.10Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.3% | |||||||||||||
| 1791 R | KM# 603.14Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.8% | |||||||||||||
| 1791 T | KM# 603.15Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.4% | |||||||||||||
| 1791 W | 850 000 | KM# 603.16Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
(fr) variété "FRANOIS" | 3% | |||||||||||
| 1791 🐄 | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
1.1% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 ○AA○ | $ 11 | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
dots before and after Mint letter (or below) | 3% | |||||||||||
| 1792 A |
|
$ 12 | $ 14 | $ 34 | KM# 603.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Bell metal | 7% | ||||||||
| 1792 A |
|
$ 2.30 | $ 5.80 | $ 14 | $ 14 | $ 130 | KM# 603.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Copper | 33% | ||||||
| 1792 AA |
|
$ 2.40 | $ 9.70 | $ 9.70 | $ 11 | KM# 603.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
11% | ||||||||
| 1792 B | 548 000 | $ 2.30 | $ 5.30 | $ 29 | $ 66 | KM# 603.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
7% | ||||||||
| 1792 BB | |
|
$ 7.90 | $ 7.90 | $ 73 | KM# 603.4Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
8% | ||||||||
| 1792 D | 583 527 | KM# 603.5Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
1.9% | ||||||||||||
| 1792 D○○ | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Dijon - two dots above Mint letter | 0.2% | ||||||||||||
| 1792 H | |
|
KM# 603.6Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
3% | |||||||||||
| 1792 I | KM# 603.7Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
3% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 I○ | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Clermont-Ferrand - dot below Mint letter | 0.8% | ||||||||||||
| 1792 K | KM# 603.8Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
1.4% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 L | 84 000 | KM# 603.9Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.8% | ||||||||||||
| 1792 M | 918 814 | KM# 603.10Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
3% | ||||||||||||
| 1792 MA | 200 000 | KM# 603.11Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
1.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1792 N | $ 120 | KM# 603.12Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
4% | ||||||||||||
| 1792 Q | 480 800 | KM# 603.13Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
1.5% | ||||||||||||
| 1792 R | $ 4.60 | $ 8.70 | $ 9.30 | KM# 603.14Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
9% | ||||||||||
| 1792 T |
|
2 427 800 | KM# 603.15Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
3% | |||||||||||
| 1792 W |
|
343 800 | $ 3.70 | $ 4.60 | $ 5.80 | $ 7.70 | $ 21 | $ 64 | $ 230 | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
variant FRANçIOS | 19% | |||
| 1792 W | $ 5.00 | $ 12 | $ 12 | KM# 603.16Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
5% | ||||||||||
| 1792 W○ | $ 19 | $ 19 | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Arras - dot below Mint letter | 7% | ||||||||||
| 1792 🐄 | KM# 603.17Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
1.3% | |||||||||||||
| 1793 A | KM# 603.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
2% | |||||||||||||
| 1793 AA | KM# 603.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
2% | |||||||||||||
| 1793 B | KM# 603.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
2% | |||||||||||||
| 1793 BB | |
|
$ 3.10 | KM# 603.4Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
4% | ||||||||||
| 1793 D | KM# 603.5Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.5% | |||||||||||||
| 1793 D○○ | $ 35 | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Dijon - two dots above Mint letter | 1.3% | |||||||||||
| 1793 I | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.4% | |||||||||||||
| 1793 L | KM# 603.9Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.8% | |||||||||||||
| 1793 M | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.4% | |||||||||||||
| 1793 MA |
|
400 000 | $ 9.30 | KM# 603.11Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
1.3% | ||||||||||
| 1793 N | $ 41 | KM# 603.12Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
1.3% | ||||||||||||
| 1793 Q | KM# 603.13Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.9% | |||||||||||||
| 1793 R | $ 3.90 | KM# 603.14Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
2% | ||||||||||||
| 1793 T | 900 000 | KM# 603.15Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
1.1% | ||||||||||||
| 1793 W | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
star below Mint letter | 0.6% | ||||||||||||
| 1793 W | $ 3.50 | KM# 603.16Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
4% | ||||||||||||
| 1793 W○ | KM# -Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Arras - dot below Mint letter | 1.5% | ||||||||||||
| 1793 🐄 | KM# 603.17Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
0.4% | |||||||||||||
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| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price | |
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Heritage Auctions 2023 December 10 Spotlight: France World Coins Showcase Auction 61352 Lot 22155 
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10 Dec 2023 | 1791 A – KM# 603.1 |
UNC (PCGS MS64 Brown) |
USD 312.00
(incl. buyer's premium) |
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CGB Mail Bid Sale 40
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24 Sep 2009 | 1792 A – KM# 603.1 – Bell metal | XF |
USD 213.62
(EUR 184.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Heritage Auctions 2024 August 26 Spotlight: France and French Colonies World Coins Showcase Auction 61400 Lot 22095
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26 Aug 2024 | 1792 A – KM# 603.1 – Copper |
UNC (NGC MS64 Brown) |
USD 312.00
(incl. buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 63 Lot 992
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26 Jul 2022 | 1792 AA – KM# 603.2 | VF |
USD 30.19
(EUR 26.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Weekly Online Auction 232016 Lot 63289
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15 Apr 2020 |
1792 BB – KM# 603.4 |
UNC (NGC MS63 Brown) |
USD 1140.00
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Heritage Auctions 2024 April 8 Spotlight: France World Coins Showcase Auction 61380 Lot 23037
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8 Apr 2024 | 1792 W – KM# - – variant FRANçIOS |
UNC (NGC MS61) |
USD 139.00
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Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Weekly Online Auction 232035 Lot 64306
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26 Aug 2020 | 1792 W – KM# - – variant FRANçIOS |
UNC (NGC MS63) |
USD 336.00
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Heritage Auctions 2022 February 27 The Long Island Collection of French Coins Showcase Auction 61259 Lot 99227
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27 Feb 2022 | 1792 W – KM# - – variant FRANçIOS |
AU (NGC AU58) |
USD 134.00
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Katz Auction 57 Lot 2464
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19 Mar 2022 | 1792 W – KM# - – variant FRANçIOS | XF |
USD 74.30
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Katz Auction 67 Lot 1094
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24 Sep 2022 | 1792 W – KM# - – variant FRANçIOS | VF |
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