15 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 | 15 Sols (¾ LT) |
| Currency | Livre tournois (1204-1795) |
| Composition | Silver (.666) |
| Weight | 5.075 g |
| Diameter | 22 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 31 August 1846 |
| Number | N# 6099 |
| References | Dy royales# 1721 Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes). Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). Louis Ciani, Jules Florange (ed.); 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France. Jean Mazard. Histoire monétaire et numismatique contemporaine 1790-1967. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles, Paris, France (2 volumes). Arnaud Clairand; 2023. Monnaies Royales Françaises et de la Révolution: 1610-1794 = French Royal and Revolutionary Coins. Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. |
Obverse
Naked head of Louis XVI on the left, hair tied with a ribbon on the neck. Vintage in the exergue (under the bust). Legend starting at 19 h.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANÇOIS
·1791·
Engraver: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier
Reverse
Genius engraving the Constitution placed on an altar on the right, between 15 and SOLS; different under the number 15 and the workshop letter under the word SOLS.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REGNE DE LA LOI·
15 SOLS·
I
L'AN 3 DE LA
LIBERTE·
Engraver: Augustin Dupré
Edge
Corded.
Mints
| 🐄 | Pau, France |
| A | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
| B | Rouen, France (?-1858) |
| D | Lyon, France (413-1858) |
| H | La Rochelle, France (?-1837) |
| I | Limoges, France (?-1837) |
| K | Bordeaux, France (?-1880) |
| 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
 |
François Bernier, Master Engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1774-1794) |
 |
Alexandre Roëttiers de Montaleau, Mint Master, Monnaie de Paris (1791-1793) |
 |
Martial Parant, Mint Master, Limoges (1791-1792) |
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| Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1791 A | |
|
492 419 | $ 18 | $ 35 | $ 59 | $ 140 | $ 320 | $ 480 | KM#604.1 (Paris) | 29% | ||||
| 1791 B | 22 632 | KM#604.2 (Rouen) | 1.7% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 D | 271 052 | KM#604.3 (Lyon) | 2% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 H | 83 439 | KM#604.4 (La Rochelle) | 3% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 I | |
|
4 218 160 | $ 18 | $ 27 | $ 27 | $ 45 | $ 52 | KM#604.5 (Limoges) | 50% | |||||
| 1791 K | 29 070 | KM#604.6 (Bordeaux) | 0.6% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 M | 192 607 | KM#604.8 (Toulouse) | 3% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 MA | KM#604.9 (Marseille) | 0.6% | |||||||||||||
| 1791 N | 156 221 | KM#604.10 (Montpellier) | 3% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 Q | 14 167 | KM#604.11 (Perpignan) | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 R | 157 988 | KM#604.12 (Orléans) | 1.7% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 T | 24 557 | KM#604.13 (Nantes) | 1.7% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 W | 169 565 | KM#604.14 (Lille) | 2% | ||||||||||||
| 1791 🐄 | 23 854 | KM#604.15 (Pau) | 3% | ||||||||||||
| 1792 A | KM#604.1 (Paris) | 6% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 B | KM#604.2 (Rouen) | 1.7% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 H | KM#604.4 (La Rochelle) | 0.9% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 I |
|
$ 32 | KM#604.5 (Limoges) | 11% | |||||||||||
| 1792 K | KM#604.6 (Bordeaux) | 0.6% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 L | KM#604.7 (Bayonne) | 0.9% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 M | KM#604.8 (Toulouse) | 0.6% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 MA | KM#604.9 (Marseille) | 1.4% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 N | KM#604.10 (Montpellier) | 0.6% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 Q | KM#604.11 (Perpignan) | 1.2% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 R | KM#604.12 (Orléans) | 0.9% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 T | KM#604.13 (Nantes) | 2% | |||||||||||||
| 1792 W | 619 140 | KM#604.14 (Lille) | 6% | ||||||||||||
| 1792 🐄 | 20 000 | KM#604.15 (Pau) | 1.2% | ||||||||||||
| 1793 I | 1.2% | ||||||||||||||
| 1793 🐄 | 20 000 | KM#604.15 (Pau) | 1.4% | ||||||||||||
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Actual silver weight: 0.109 oz
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