Watch List notes:

FRANCE. 30 Sols, 1792-I. Limoges Mint. Louis XVI under the First Republic. NGC MS-64.
KM-606.7; Gad-39. Nicely struck, blast white and brilliant with frosty luster. The grade limited only by a few adjustment marks on the reverse.

Although the French Revolution famously began with the fall of the Bastille in June 1789, the upheaval was not immediately reflected in the coinage, which continued to be issued using the designs of the ancien régime. In 1791, the first "constitutional" coins appeared, including 3 Deniers (= 1 Liard), 6 Deniers (= 2 Liards), 12 Deniers (= 1 Sol), 2 Sols, 15 Sols (= 1/8 Ecu) and 30 Sols. "Constitutional" 1/2 Ecus and Ecus appeared in 1792. Only then were the old royal designs discontinued. In 1793, the king was guillotined and a republic instituted. The republicans issued some brass Sols and 2 Sols and a silver Ecu de 6 Livres before abandoning the system altogether in favor of the Franc in 1795.

Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00