France 1662-I 1/12 ecu

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74714
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This specimen was lot 74714 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/12 Ecu, 1662-I. Limoges. Louis XIV. PCGS MS-62. From the Richard August Collection." This subtype of the douziéme d'écu au buste juvenile was struck at Limoges 1659-62. There was a fad for these in the mid-seventeenth century for use in the Levantine trade and they were extensively imitated by France's neighbors.

Recorded mintage: 25,036, a better date[2].

Specification: 2.28 g, 0.917 fine silver, 19-20 mm diameter, designed by Jean Warin.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 731I, KM-199.5; Gad-115.

Sources:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [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.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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