France 1614-A denier tournois

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74675
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This specimen was lot 74675 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Denier Tournois, 1614-A. Paris Mint. Louis XIII. PCGS AU-55. From the Richard August Collection." This denier tournois au petit bust poupard col plat was struck at Paris 1611-17, 1620-21 and at Amiens 1614-16. The denier tournois au grande buste enfantin is generally scarcer than the double tournois. Its face value was 1/240 livre tournois.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common[2].

Specification: 1.56 g, copper, 16-17 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 245, KM-42.1; Dupl-1361; Gad-1.

Sources:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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