France 1653-Y louis d'or

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 40264
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40264 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $5,760. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Louis d'Or, 1653-Y. Bourges Mint. Louis XIV. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield. Incredibly brilliant and sharply struck, this nearly-choice specimen radiates with great luster and an engaging golden-orange hue. A fairly RARE mint, it is not surprising that this piece represents the only such appearance for the date and mint combination in the PCGS census." This louis d'or à la mèche longue, struck at the Bourges mint 1649-50 and 1653-56, is among the more available louis of Louis XIV. It is still an expensive coin, particularly as this is a rare mint.

Recorded mintage: 2,000.

Specification: 6.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, 24-26 mm diameter, designed by Jean Warin.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 345, Dr/2 № 216, Fr-418; KM-157.21; Gad-245.

Source:

  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 2nd édition. Paris: AFPN, 1998.
  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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