France 1707-BB 33 sols
This specimen was lot 1170 in Jean Elsen sale 114 (Brussels, September 2012) where it sold for €250 (about US$386 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"FRANCE ROYALE, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR 33 sols de Strasbourg aux insignes et aux palmes, 1707 BB, Droit: Main de justice et glaive posés en sautoir entre trois lis et une couronne. Revers: Ecu de France rond, couronné, entre deux palmes. Fines stries d'ajustage. Légère patine. Superbe. (France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, silver 33 sols de Strasbourg of the insignia and and the palms, dated 1707. Fine adjustment marks, lightly toned, extremely fine.)"
This type was struck 1705-08 only at Strasbourg but is not rare. The 1705 is the most common date. It does not match the regular French coinage so probably was designed to circulate in Western Germany.
Reported Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.29 g, .798 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, plain edge, this specimen 9.10 g.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 636, Dr/2 № 516, Dupl-1605; Ciani-2060; Gad-198.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
- 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.
- [2]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 114, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
Link to:
- France 1705-BB 33 sols
- 1707-BB quatre deniers de Strasbourg
- 1707-A 10 sols aux insignes
- 1707-AA 10 sols aux quatre couronnes
- France 1707-H 10 sols
- 1707-A 20 sols aux insignes
- 1707-D 20 sols aux insignes
- 1707-T 20 sols aux insignes
- 1707 20 sols aux insignes du Béarn
- 1707-A louis d'or aux insignes et aux cheveux longs
- Coins and currency dated 1707
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)