France 1647-B louis d'or

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Stack's Bowers May 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 32148
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This specimen was lot 32148 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $3,840. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Louis d'Or, 1647-B. Rouen Mint. Louis XIV. PCGS MS-62. This most appealing Mint State Louis d'Or delivers a charming and wholesome retained mint brilliance, with shimmering and sheening luster and crisply applied details. Signs of handling are limited, leaving this as a most impressive example of the type." This louis d'or à la mèche longue is among the more available louis of Louis XIV altho seldom seen in this quality.

Recorded mintage: unknown[2].

Specification: 6.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, plain edge, 24-26 mm diameter, designed by Joseph Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 345, Dr/2 № 216, Fr-418; Gad-245; KM-157.3.

Source:

  • [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.
  • 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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