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½ Sol

Features

Issuer Francja (France)
Period First Republic (1792-1804)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1793
Value 1 Sizain (1⁄40 LT)
Currency Livre tournois (1204-1795)
Composition Brąz
Weight 6.11 g
Diameter 25 mm
Shape Okrągły
Technique Frezowana
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized 1 July 1856
Number
N#
17858
References KM# 618
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Gad 1789# 10
Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes).
, Clairand# 37202
Arnaud Clairand; 2023. Monnaies Royales Françaises et de la Révolution: 1610-1794 = French Royal and Revolutionary Coins. Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.

Obverse

(fr) Les inscriptions en sept lignes sur une table sommée d’un œil rayonnant et accostée d’une grappe de raisin et de cinq épis de blé.
La signature de Dupré en bas de la table.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇOISE.
LES
HOMMES
SONT
EGAUX
DEVANT
LA LOI
L'AN II.

Engraver: Augustin Dupré

Reverse

(fr) Balance sommée d'un bonnet phrygien sur le fléau sur lequel repose une couronne de chêne ; au centre 1/2 S.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
LIBERTE EGALITE
½ S
H
1793

Engraver: Augustin Dupré

Edge

(fr) Brute (frappe sans virole).

Mints

H La Rochelle, Francja (?-1837)
L Bayonne, Francja (?-1837)

Mark

Anchor François Seguy, Mint Master, La Rochelle (1785-1793)

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1793 H Anchor 56 840 (en) Bell metal (yellow) 36%
1793 H Anchor (en) KM#618.1 49%
1793 H Anchor (en) without point after the S of the value 15%
1793 L 1 600 (en) a known copy 11%

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