France 1650-D 1/2 ecu

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Áureo y Calicó sale 346, lot 1502

This specimen was lot 1502 in Áureo y Calicó sale 346 (Barcelona, March 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"1650/40. Francia. Luis XIV. D (Lyon). 1/2 ecu. AG. Muy rara. EBC-/EBC. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, half écu of 1650, Lyon mint. Very rare, about extremely fine.)"

This date is not listed in the SCWC, Gadoury or Droulers. The privy mark, weight and strike look good, so this coin may actually be authentic. If so, the bidders missed out on a significant rarity on an otherwise common type.

Recorded mintage: unknown but probably very rare.

Specification: 13.72 g, 0.917 fine silver, 31-32 mm diameter, plain edge, this specimen 13,66 g.

Catalog reference: KM-163.2 (unlisted date), Gad-169 (unlisted date), Dr/4 № 427 (unlisted date).

Source:

  • 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Sisó, Teresa, Eduard Domingo and Lluís Lalana, Subasta Publica 346: Colección Manuela Etcheverría, Colección Javier Verdejo Sitges, Barcelona: Áureo y Calicó, 2020.

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