France 1702-A 2 louis d'or

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Künker sale 264, lot 3081

This specimen was lot 3081 in Künker sale 264 (Osnabrück, June 2015), where it sold for €2,200 (about US$2,842 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"KÖNIGREICH Louis XIV, 1643-1715. Double louis d'or aux huit L et aux insignes 1702, A, Paris. Réformation. GOLD. RR Kl. Schrötlingsfehler, sehr schön. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, gold double louis of the 8 L's and insignia of 1702, Paris mint, struck on older coin. Rare, planchet cracks, very fine.)"

This type, called a double louis d'or aux 8 L et aux insignes was issued 1700-04 on new and "reformed" blanks and like all double louis before the 1740's, is rare. This type is usually found struck over older coins, a process involving all French silver and gold coinage during 1690-1709. These "reformations" were the result of financial manipulations too tedious to discuss here.

Recorded mintage: 131,783 (new blanks) plus 806,726 (reformed blanks)[2].

Specification: 13.350 g, 0.917 fine gold, designed by Joseph Roëttiers, this specimen 13,11 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 400, Fr-435; KM-335.5; Gad-261; Dupl-1442a; DFW-289.

Source:

  • [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.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 264, Gold coins | Russian Coins and Medals | German Coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.

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