France 1636 double lorrain KM-87

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74666

This specimen was lot 74666 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Double Lorrain, 1636. Stenay Mint. Louis XIII. PCGS AU-55. From the Richard August Collection." Stenay is today a village in the department of the Meuse. In the seventeenth century, the duke of Lorraine established a mint there to strike imitations of the double tournois issued by Louis XIII. He was not the only lord to do this. He later changed the design to read "DOVBLE LORRAIN" to evade charges of counterfeiting and considerable quantities were made. Double lorrains have Dr/4 nos. 231-246, struck without mintmark 1635-43. This variety was struck 1636-37 and is common.

Recorded mintage: 1,027,888 all varieties^[2], including Dr/4 № 158 (double tournois, grosse tête juvénile a grande fraise).

Specification: copper, 1.8-3.7 g, 18-20 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 243, KM-87; Gad-13.

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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