France 1638-H double tournois
This specimen was lot 979 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €80 (about US$111 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIII (1610-1643), Cu double tournois, 1638H, La Rochelle. 1e type. D/ B. l., dr. et cuir. à d. R/ Trois lis dans le champ. Très rare. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XIII, 1610-43, copper double tournois of 1638, La Rochelle mint, first type. Obverse: armored, draped, laureate bust right, reverse: three fleurs-de-lys in the field. Very rare, very fine.)"
This double tournois, au grand buste vieux, moustachu was struck 1638-39 and is fairly common. Other doubles tournois for 1638 include Dr/4 nos. 181, 182, 183, 185 and 186.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.13 g, copper, 20-21 mm diameter, this specimen 2,63 g.
Catalog reference: Dupl-1373; CGKL 328, Dr/4 № 187.
- Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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