France 1643-A louis d'or Fr-410
This specimen was lot 42179 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[2] noted, "FRANCE. Louis d'Or, 1643-A. Paris Mint. Louis XIV. NGC AU-58. Exceedingly sharp and vibrant, this specimen resides at the precipice of Mint State status, with an ample array of inviting luster and alluring golden-yellow hues evident throughout." This type is the first French louis d'or, part of the coinage reform which attempted to replace hammered coinage with milled coinage. Its face value was 10 livres tournois. The louis d'or of Louis XIII were struck 1640-43 in fairly large quantities in an attempt to displace the miscellaneous écus d'or of earlier in the reign and that of Henri IV. The louis d'or would be struck until the end of the ancien régime in 1792.
Recorded mintage: 65,796 all varieties.
Specification: 6.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, plain edge, designed by Jean Warin.
Catalog reference: Fr-410, KM 104, Gadoury-58, Dr/4 № 26 (IMP starts at bottom, shown here) or Dr/4 № 24 (IMP starts at top).
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- 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.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
Link to:
- 1642-A louis d'or
- 1643-H double tournois de Warin
- 1643-A double tournois
- 1643-A douzième d'écu de Louis XIII
- 1643-D douzième d'écu de Louis XIII
- 1643 quart d'écu du Béarn, Morlaàs mint
- 1643-AR quart d'écu au marteau
- 1643-K quart d'écu au marteau, Louis XIV
- 1643-M quart d'écu au marteau
- 1643-A quart d'écu de Louis XIII
- 1643-A quart d'écu à la mèche courte
- 1643-Z quart d'écu à la croix fleurdelisée
- 1643 quart d'écu du Navarre-Béarn, Pau mint
- 1643-D demi-écu de 30 sols, Louis XIII
- 1643-A demi-écu de 30 sols, Louis XIII
- 1643-A demi-écu à la mèche courte, Louis XIV
- 1643-D écu de 60 sols
- 1643-A écu à la mèche courte, Louis XIV
- 1643-A demi-louis d'or de Louis XIII
- 1643-A demi-louis d'or à la mèche courte
- 1643-A louis d'or, Louis XIV
- Coins and currency dated 1643
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)