France 1716-W 1/10 ecu

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Stack's Bowers October 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74746
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This specimen was lot 74746 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/10 Ecu (12 Sols), 1716-W. Lille Mint. Louis XV. PCGS EF-40. From the Richard August Collection." The type was struck 1715-18 in substantial numbers but was replaced by the dixième d'écu de France-Navarre, which is only 2.44 grams. After the reform of 1726, the dixième d'écu was 2.95 grams.

Recorded mintage: unknown, all rf, a fairly common date[2].

Specification: 3.06 g, 0.917 fine silver, .090 troy oz ASW, 22 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 847, Dr/2 № 556, KM-418.17; Gad-289.

Sources:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • [2]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.
  • [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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