France 1705-T ecu

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 73608

This specimen was lot 73608 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu, 1705-T. Nantes Mint. Louis XIV. NGC EF-45. Struck over an older coin dated 1695. A well detailed and wholesome survivor, with argent surfaces and some patches of peripheral toning." Shown is a écu aux huit L, deuxieme type (écu with 8 L's, 2nd type) struck for France at the Nantes mint in the later years of Louis XIV's reign. The type was struck until 1709; there are also quarter and half écus struck during this period with this design. This date is a better date.

Recorded mintage: 106,015, all rf^[2].

Specification: 27.45 g, 0.917 fine silver, edge lettered "DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM", designed by Joseph Röettiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 518, Dr/2 № 436, Dav-1320; KM-360.18; Gad-224.

Source:

^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
^[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.
Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.

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