France 1661-A louis d'or

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Heritage sale 3106, lot 33566
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 33566 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "France: Louis XIV gold Louis d'Or 1661-A AU58 NGC, Paris mint. Louis d'Or au buste juvenile, tête lauree. An appreciable example of this seldom-seen type and one witnessed borderline uncirculated. Bathed in an abundance of mint flash and precluded from Mint State by only minimal handling, and best by only a single example. From the Mac and Rob Woodside Collection." This specimen is a louis d'or juvénile, struck at the Paris mint 1659-83. The type was superseded by the louis d'or à la perruque which was issued 1683-89. While no gold coins of Louis XIV can be called inexpensive, this period is scarce with no common dates.

Recorded mintage: 89,632[2].

Specification: 6.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, plain edge, designed by Jean Warin.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 349 or 352, Dr/2 № 233, KM 200.1, Fr-421; Gad-246.

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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3106, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.

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