France 1642-H double tournois

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74674
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This specimen was lot 74674 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $105. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Double Tournois, 1642-H. La Rochelle Mint. Louis XIII. PCGS AU-58. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck at many mints 1642-43 in dozens of varieties. It was the practice at the time to farm out the copper coinage to private contractors.

Recorded mintage: 5,206,649[2], a common date.

Specification: 3.13 g, copper, 20 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 220, KM-127.6; Gad-12.

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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