More to come on the detailed description. Reynaud Type 2f w/o last "T" of DEPARTMEN(T)S on the edge, large obverse legend, with DOT above the 'M' in Monneron, coin rotation that's a hair short 28 g. This is a silver plating made during manufacture in Birmingham U.K. (Monneron) rather than the phony types silvered later. It's clear to me that the official silver plated ones are far scarcer than the official gold plated rarities.
I did a sampling survey of all the 5 Soles appearing in the records of ACSearch data archives. I examined 289 examples. Only 4 had Roman numeral dates. There were 3 examples in silver, one was clearly a plated silver type; there were 2 gilt (gold) plated examples. I did a similar survey for the top 3 or 4 French coin dealers, but w/o number sampling, - none had a Roman numeral Type I (AN III, 1791).
Read & Download: Richard Margolis wrote an excellent paper on the work commissioned by the Monneron brothers for the work done on these by Matthew Boulton at Soho, Birmingham U.K. Get it at this; Boulton and the Monnerons - Margolis
Theft of Monneron 5 Sol Tokens - Margolis: https://groups.io/g/Moneta/files/Moneta%20Library/Boulton_Monneron%205%20Sols%20Theivery.pdf
Comments
No comments yet
Approved comments will appear here.
Log in to comment.