France 1661-M ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 141, lot 1240

This specimen was lot 1240 in Jean Elsen sale 141 (Brussels, June 2019), where it sold for €240 (about US$318 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR écu du Béarn à la mèche longue, 1661M, Morlaàs. D/ B. enfantin, l., dr. et cuir. à d. R/ Ecu couronné, parti de France et Navarre-Béarn. Rare La chevelure retouchée. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, silver écu of Béarn of the long lock of 1661, Morlaàs mint. Obverse: laureate, draped and armored infant bust right; reverse: crowned arms of France and Navarre-Béarn. Rare, hair reengraved, Very Fine.)"

This type was struck at the Morlaàs mint in Béarn 1650-62. It is priced double a regular écu à la mèche longue.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 27.45 g, 0.917 fine silver, 36-38 mm diameter, plain edge, this specimen 26,31 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 443, Dr/2 № 300, KM 181.3 (Morlaàs, not Toulouse), Dav-3801, Dupl-1477; Gad-204.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • 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.
  • George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 141, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.

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