France 1717-A 1/20 ecu

Stack's Bowers 2025 ANA sale, lot 42202

This specimen was lot 42202 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Oklahoma City, OK, August 2025), where it sold for $4,800. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/20 Ecu (6 Sols), 1717/6-A. Paris Mint. Louis XV. PCGS AU-55. Overdate variety, and struck over an earlier type, as additionally denoted with a rose beneath the portrait. An EXCEEDINGLY RARE issue, and especially so in this About Uncirculated state, with most examples that do survive having experienced heavy wear. The surfaces are additionally highly original, with no major detractions of note, and the reverse bears nearly intact luster. An exceptionally elusive opportunity to acquire this type in so fine a preservation. From the Richard August Collection." Twentieth écus vertugadin were struck for Louis XV prior to the reform of 1726 but are rare. This type had a face value of five sols tournois at the time of issue (1715-18). The flans reformés were struck over old 1/20 écus of Louis XIV.

Recorded mintage: unknown, all rf.

Specification: 1.53 g, 0.917 fine silver, 19-20 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 855 (unlisted date), KM-416.1; Gad-282.

Sources:

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, August 2025 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Richard August Collection and the Richard Margolis Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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