France 1686-LL 1/2 ecu
This specimen was lot 2619 in Goldberg sale 91 (Los Angeles, June 2016), where it sold for $705. The catalog description[1] noted, "France. 1/2 Ecu Carambole, 1686-IL (Lille) Nearly EF. Louis XIV. Bust right. Reverse: Crowned shield with arms of France, Old and New Burgundy. For Flanders and Strasbourg. Adjustment marks and a few obverse scratches. Rare type. Nearly Extremely Fine." Shown is a demi-écu de Flandre, of a type struck for Flanders 1685-89. Only Paris, Lille and Amiens struck this type. Standard half écus were 0.917 fine silver. Lille, a new mint for the king, initially used a crowned L mintmark, then the double "LL" shown here, then finally a "W", which last was used until the 1850's.
Recorded mintage: 169,719.
Specification: 18.82 g, 0.857 fine silver, 34 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: KM-262.2; Gad-182, Dr/4 № 594A, Dr/2 № 484A.
- 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.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 91: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2016.
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- Coins and currency dated 1686
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)