CNG 87, Lot: 1626. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XVI. 1774-1793. AV Louis d’or constitutionnel (23mm, 7.65 g, 7h). Constitutional issue. Paris mint. Dually-dated L’An 5 and 1793. LOUIS XVI ROI DES FRANÇOIS, bare head left; below, lion passant above 1793· / REGNE DE LA LOI ·, winged genius of France standing right, inscribing tablet set on column; lyre and fasces surmounted by cap to left; to right, rooster standing left; lA to outer right; in two lines in exergue, L’AN 5 DE LA/LIBERTÉ·. VG 61; Duplessy 1717; Ciani 2236; Friedberg 477; KM 617.1. Good VF, a few adjustment marks. Rare.

From the John H. McWhinney Collection.