6 deniers, type FRANÇOIS
LOUIS XVI ROI – DES FRANÇAIS _ (privy mark) (year) (mint)
LA NATION LA LOI LE ROI _ 
L'AN (date) DE LA LIBERTÉ / 6 – D
Retouched photo of a coin sold by iNumis modification of the color for a better visual rendering of the original result), link to the sale and their website: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2671189, lien vers leur site: http://www.i-numis.com/.
Metal: if different than copper = (noted after the year).
Symbole after LIBERTÉ on the reverse: if missing = (---).
A1: with cedilla FRANÇOIS.
A2: without cedilla.
D1: emphasis on LIBERTÉ in the right direction.
D2 emphasis inverted.
| N° | Année | Atelier | G | F | XF 40 | AU 58 | MS 63 | MS 65 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1792 | D (A1, D1) | 150 | 400 | 1.000 | 2.000 | --- | --- | |
| 2 | 1792 | I (A1, D1) | 30 | 100 | 250 | 1.000 | --- | --- | |
| 3 | 1792 | MA (A1, D1) | 40 | 150 | 400 | 1.500 | --- | --- | |
| 4 | 1792 | MA (A1, D2) | 70 | 200 | ? | --- | --- | --- | |
| 5 | 1792 | T (A1, D1) | 35 | 150 | 400 | 1.500 | --- | --- | |
| 6 | 1793 (AN 5/4 et 1793/2) | K (A1, D1) | 25 | 120 | 350 | 1.200 | --- | --- | |
| 7 | 1793 | K (A1, D1) | 20 | 100 | 250 | 700 | --- | --- | |
| 8 | 1793 | T (A1, D1) | 25 | 150 | 400 | 1.000 | --- | --- |
Coins are estimated up to AU. Even though most vintages never meet above XF.
After a short study, because the number of copies to study is low and very often the coins are very worn ... It seems that the bust of the year 1792 is a little wider than in 1793. For the 3 deniers type FRANÇOIS, '' Monnaies françaises, 1789 - 2017 '' editions Victor Gadoury, page 25; explained that the variant ''small bust'', is a simple shift of the punch. Here, I see that the LOUIS XVI's forehead is aligned in the same way on both years, whereas in 1792, the tip of the bust goes down very low and the mark of the director (example: the star for the MA mint (Marseille)) is well under the bust. In 1793 the tip of the bust stops at the first letter and the mark of the director begins just below.
1792 D This coin is very rare, I could not analyze a copy and see if the cedilla, emphasis and points are present or absent and also what combination exists. So I noticed, by default, what appears on Limoges and Marseille. Same thing for Nantes, which, although noted as current year in the works, is difficult to find. I take for internet example: for the year 1792, about 300 visible coins, no copy for Nantes is visible!
1792 MA I discovered a coin with the emphasis upside down on LIBERTÉ, Which give: LIBERTÈ. Link to this coin sold by iNumis (who did not notice this little detail unknown so far), link to their website: https://www.inumis.com/. Below, the photo of this coin:
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1793 K (var 3/2 and AN 5/4), this variant seems to never have any points around the K, contrary to the normal type.
After having studied and classified the points around the date and the mint letter, I note that these points appear in 1793. Moreover, I have some doubts on the presence of the point to the left of the date, on some coins. The points are often placed low, they can be off blank or in any case subject to wear and disappear. Especially the mark of the director is sometimes glued to the 1 of the date. Is there place for a point? It seems so, I've seen less worn coins than usual, showing a tiny dot in between. I therefore considered that all the points are always present when one distinguishes at least one and that the rest of the legend is illegible.However, a copy in good condition seems to have no point to the left of the date for the mint of Bordeaux. But it is likely that the point did not print well when typing.
The variants are estimated according to their rarity and according to the prices obtained on sale (without so far no seller has noted or taken into account these variants ..)