1 Sol Date version

Features

Issuer	France
Period	First Republic (1792-1804)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1793
Value	1 Sol (1⁄20 LT)
Currency	Livre tournois (1204-1795)
Composition	Copper
Weight	12.23 g
Diameter	29 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	1 October 1856
Number	N# 6115
References	KM# 619 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Gad 1789# 19 Éditions Victor Gadoury (publisher). Monnaies françaises (Gadoury). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco (9 volumes). , Clairand# 37201 Arnaud Clairand; 2023. Monnaies Royales Françaises et de la Révolution: 1610-1794 = French Royal and Revolutionary Coins. Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France.

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Obverse

Sun motif over plaque inscribed with declaration of equality, flanked by wheat and grapevine. Lettering around.

Script: Latin

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

Translation:
French Republic
All men are equal in front of the law

Year II (of the Republic)

Engraver: Augustin Dupré

Reverse

Phygrian cap over wreath and scales, with lettering and date around and within.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTE EGALITE
1 S.
A
1793

Translation:
Liberty, Equality
1 S (Sol)

Engraver: Augustin Dupré

Edge

Plain

Mints

A	Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
AA	Metz, France (?-1803)
BB	Besançon, France
D	Lyon, France (413-1858)
D°	Dijon, France
H	La Rochelle, France (?-1837)
I	Limoges, France (?-1837)
L	Bayonne, France (?-1837)
MA	Marseille, France (?-1858)
N	Montpellier, France
R	Orléans, France
T	Nantes, France (?-1837)
W	Lille, France (1685-1858)
W*	Saint-Omer, France
W°	Arras, France

Marks

	François Bernier, Master Engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1774-1794)
	Alexandre Roëttiers de Montaleau, Mint Master, Monnaie de Paris (1791-1793)
	Jean-François Leclerc, Mint Master, Metz (1784-1794)
	Charles Augustin Pantaléon, Master Engraver, Metz (1743-1794)
	Gabriel-Godefroy Dubois, Mint Master, Strasbourg (1793-1794)
	Jean-François Perret, Mint Master, Lyon (1793)
	François Seguy, Mint Master, La Rochelle (1785-1793)

Comments

According to Arnaud CLAIRAND's study and article published in October 2021 from page 366 to 373.

He attributes the French legend and Françoise with the workshop letter BB as a workshop mark.

Françoise for Besançon

Française for Strasbourg

https://www.sfnumismatique.org/wp-content/uploads/BSFN-76-08.pdf

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF		Frequency
Undetermined
1793 A	20 651						5%
1793 A						without signature	0.3%
1793 A°						prototype, A with point	0.4%
1793 AA	5 038 449		$ 12	$ 23	$ 46		21%
1793 AA						Without the accents of Liberty and equality	3%
1793 B						Rouen - does not exist	0.5%
1793 BB	2 519 224	$ 5.80	$ 12	$ 14	$ 27	copper or brass	34%
1793 BB						iron	1.4%
1793 D	393 496		$ 13			brass	8%
1793 D°	1 546 666	$ 4.00	$ 9.30	$ 32	$ 75	Dijon or Roanne	19%
1793 D°						Dijon or Roanne - same eagle heads	1.7%
1793 H	626 682						1.0%
1793 I	311 550						5%
1793 L	1 730 449		$ 12	$ 17	$ 35		9%
1793 MA	209 675			$ 15			5%
1793 N	662 975						0.9%
1793 R						(fr) Un exemplaire connu	0%
1793 T	835 080		$ 5.80	$ 24			8%
1793 T°						° below the T. Different from Saumur yet in cessation on June 9, 1793 (a known ex)	0.13%
1793 W	1 976 334	$ 3.50	$ 8.90	$ 34			15%
1793 W*	352 120					(fr) W avec étoile	4%
1793 W/W°/W*						(fr) Sans lettre d'atelier, mais identifiable partiellement avec les différents (voir article du bulletin de CGB n°259)	0.13%
1793 W°	1 167 748			$ 12		(fr) W avec point	6%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 69 Lot 617	29 Oct 2022	1793 BB – copper or brass	F	USD 20.88 (EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 86 Lot 289	10 Jun 2023	Undetermined		USD 12.76 (EUR 11.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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