France 1702-N 1/2 ecu

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74697
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This specimen was lot 74697 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/2 Ecu, 1702-N. Montpellier Mint. Louis XIV. PCGS AU-53. Overstruck on earlier 1/2 Ecu type. From the Richard August Collection. Ex: Enterprise Collection (Heritage Auctions - 1/2004) Lot # 14683." Shown is a demi-écu aux insignes of the Montpellier mint. Note traces of an undertype; this coin usually comes struck over an earlier half écu, Droulers[2] notes that all known specimens from this mint are overstruck. This is a common date.

Recorded mintage: 439,352, all rf[2].

Specification: 13.72 g, 0.917 fine silver, 32-35 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVVM FAC REGEM.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 622, Dr/2 № 424, KM-325.13; Dupl-1534B; Gad-189.

Sources:

  • [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.
  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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