France 1686-L 1/2 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 160, lot 2272
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the same specimen, in the Mountain Groan Collection
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This specimen was lot 2272 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €420 (about US$532 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR demi-écu de Flandre, 1686 L couronné, Lille. D/ B. dr. à d., coiffé d'une longue perruque au bas de laquelle un petit lis. R/ Ecu couronné, écartelé de France, Bourgogne moderne et Bourgogne ancien. Rare. Nettoyé. Léger défaut de flan au revers et fines traces d'ajustage. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, silver half écu of Flanders, 1686, Lille mint, crowned L mintmark. Obverse: draped and peruked bust right, a small lily below; reverse: crowned and quartered arms of France and new and old Burgundy. Rare, cleaned, small planchet defect on the reverse and light adjustment marks. Very 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 shown here, then a double "LL", then finally a "W", which last was used until the 1850's.

Recorded mintage: 456,522[2].

Specification: 18.82 g, 0.857 fine silver, 34 mm diameter, lettered edge, engraved by Joseph Roëttiers, this specimen 18,47 g.

Catalog reference: KM 262.4, Dupl-1510A; Gad-182; Delm-420, Dr/4 № 594A, Dr/2 № 484A.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • [2]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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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