France 1651-L 1/2 ecu

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Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74629
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This specimen was lot 74629 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/2 Ecu, 1651-L. Bayonne Mint. Louis XIV. PCGS Genuine--Harshly Cleaned, EF Details." The specimen shown is a demi-écu à la mèche longue (half ecu with the long hair) from the Limoges mint. It is one of a series struck 1646-60 from numerous mints and varies from the earlier half écu à la mèche courte by the length of the lock of hair over the king's ear. Its face value at the time of issue was 30 sols tournois. The type is common.

Recorded mintage: 154,068, a somewhat better date.

Specification: 13.72 g, 0.917 fine silver, 31 to 32 mm diameter, plain edge, engraved by Jean Warin.

Catalog reference: KM-164.12; Gad-169, Dr/4 № 527, Dr/2 № 301.

Sources:

  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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