Discovery of portrait and die variants of the Écu of 6 livres Louis XVI
This article will show you what I found on portraits and dies for 15 Sols type FRANÇAIS and FRANÇOIS. I specify that by the time you read this, my work is already online in the site's database, see here: https://www.all-your-coins.com/fr/blog/moderne/france-royales/decouverte-de-variantes-de-portrait-et-de-coins-des-15-sols-louis-xvi.
There are 3 types of reverse legend, the short legend, the half-long legend and the long legend. A slightly smaller portrait exists but it is not important to classify it. Anyway, as for the other Sols or Ecu of 3 livres, there are dies with portraits of different sizes and legends ranging between short and half-long, half-long and long. I only classify the dies which are really with a strong variation. The FRANÇAIS type does not seem to vary from die. Here are these dies:
Short reverse legend: with the S of FRANÇOIS in front of the ribbon. (1)
Photo of a coin sold by cgb.fr, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cgb.fr/louis-xvi-monarque-constitutionnel-ecu-dit-au-genie-type-francois-1793-bayonne-ttb-ttb-,bry_572503,a.html.
Half-long reverse legend: with the O and the I of FRANÇOIS in front of the ribbon. (2)
Photo of a coin sold by cgb.fr, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cgb.fr/louis-xvi-monarque-constitutionnel-ecu-dit-au-genie-type-francois-1792-paris-sup-ttb-,bry_372945,a.html.
Long reverse legend: avec le Ç et le O devant le ruban. (3)
Photo of a coin sold by cgb.fr, link to the sale and their website: https://www.cgb.fr/louis-xvi-monarque-constitutionnel-ecu-dit-au-genie-legende-francois-1792-limoges-ttb-ttb,v46_0318,a.html.
Another thing, the dot after the date is closer to the date and the S of FRANÇOIS.