France 1695-BB 35 sols
This specimen was lot 2072 in Goldberg sale 122 (Los Angeles, June 2021), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "France. ½ Ecu de Strasbourg aux palmes, 1695-BB. Louis XIV. Obverse: Large fleur-de-lis. Reverse: Crowned shield of France within palms. Struck over earlier type. Sharply struck with luster. Extremely Fine." This coin, called a thirty five sols de Strasbourg, was one of the first issues of that mint after its capture by the French. It was struck 1694-1701 over the previous XXX sols de Strasbourg and only the 1694-BB is common. The obverse legend, "MONETA NOVA ARGENTINENSIS," means "new silver coin;" the reverse legend, "SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM," is "Blessed be the name of the Lord." The greenish color comes from the debased alloy.
Recorded mintage: unknown but all struck over XXX sols of 1684-89.
Specification: 15.30 g, 0.729 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-308; Gad-188, Dupl-1600, Dr/4 № 621, Dr/2 № 509.
- 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 122: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2021.
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- 1694-BB 35 sols de Strasbourg aux palmes
- 1695-W seizième d'écu de Flandre aux palmes
- 1695-AA douzième d'écu aux palmes
- 1695-W huitième d'écu de Flandre aux palmes
- 1695-A quart d'écu aux palmes
- 1695-X quart d'écu aux palmes
- 1695-A demi-écu aux palmes
- 1695-H demi-écu aux palmes
- 1695-K demi-écu aux palmes
- 1695-N demi-écu aux palmes
- 1695-W demi-écu de Flandre aux palmes
- 1695-X demi-écu aux palmes
- 1695-9 demi-écu aux palmes
- 1695-A écu aux palmes
- 1695-C écu aux palmes
- 1695-D écu aux palmes
- 1695-E écu aux palmes
- 1695-T écu aux palmes
- 1695-W écu de Flandre aux palmes
- 1695-A demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-D demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-N demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-P demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-W demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-A louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1695-AA louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1695-B louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1695-E louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1695-P louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-T louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-W louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-V louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-BB double louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-M double louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1697-BB 35 sols de Strasbourg aux palmes
- Coins and currency dated 1695
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)