France 1679-Pau 1/12 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 145, lot 1118

This specimen was lot 1118 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €310 (about US$442 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR douzième d'écu du Béarn à la mèche longue, 1679, Pau. D/ B. enfantin, l., dr. et cuir. à d. R/ Ecu couronné, parti de France et Navarre-Béarn. Très rare Petits coups. Beau/Très Beau. Provient de Monnaies 23, 27 novembre 2004, 1174. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, silver twelfth écu of Béarn of the long lock of 1679, Pau mint. Obverse: laureate, draped and armored bust right; reverse: crowned arms of France and Navarre. Very rare, minor nicks, Fine/Very Fine.)"

This type was struck at Pau 1650-57 and 1660-61, with a modified version struck 1675-79, longer after this infant bust had been retired elsewhere. It is priced ten times the value of the regular douzième d'écu au buste juvénile of the 1660's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.28 g, 0.917 fine silver, 19-20 mm diameter, plain edge, engraved by J. Warin, this specimen 2,20 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 727A, Dr/2 № 309A, Dupl-1480; Gad-114a.

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.
  • 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

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