France 1641-A 2 louis d'or

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Jean Elsen sale 141, lot 1200

This specimen was lot 1200 in Jean Elsen sale 141 (Brussels, June 2019), where it sold for €4,000 (about US$5,301 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIII (1610-1643), AV double louis d'or à la tête virile et à la mèche courte, 1641A (sur 1640), Paris. D/ T. laurée à d. Sans baies dans la couronne. R/ Croix formée de huit L couronnés, cantonnée de quatre lis. Très rare Eclat du flan sur la tranche. Très Beau à Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XIII, 1610-43, double gold louis of the adult head and short hair of 1641/0, Paris mint. Obverse: laureate head to right; reverse: cross formed of eight crowned "L's", cantonned with four lilies. Very rare, rim bump, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

This type was struck 1640-43 at Paris and Paris. It, and its accompanying louis d'or and demi-louis d'or, represent the definite introducton of machine-struck coinage altho the hammered écu d'or au soleil would be struck as late at 1654.

Recorded mintage: 71,850.

Specification: 13.50 g, 0.917 fine gold, plain edge, this specimen 13,46 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 17, Dr/2 № 12, Dupl-1297; Gad-59, Fr-409, KM 108.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • 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.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 141, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.

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