France 1718-AA 1/4 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 146, lot 175

This specimen was lot 175 in Jean Elsen sale 146 (Brussels, November 2020), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,457 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR quart d'écu de Navarre, 1718AA, Metz. D/ B. enfantin à d., l., dr. et cuir. R/ Ecu écartelé de France-Navarre, échancré et couronné. Extrêmement rare Fines griffes. presque Superbe. Provient de la collection Teitgen, Paris, 26-28 octobre 2015, 925. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, silver quarter écu de Navarre of 1718, Metz mint. Obverse: laureate, draped and armored young bust right; reverse: crowned, quartered arms of France and Navarre. Extremely rare, fine scratches, about Extremely Fine.)"

This type had was struck 1718-19 and is rare despite some substantial mintages. It had an initial face value of 30 sols tournois which was reduced to 27 sols when it was demonetized in early 1719. Some mints struck the quart d'écu vertugadin in 1718 as well as the quart d'écu de France-Navarre, including Metz.

Recorded mintage: 143,424, a common date, plus a few of the quart d'écu vertugadin.

Specification: 6.11 g, 0.917 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers, this specimen 6.06 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 838, Dr/2 № 561, Dupl-1659; Gad-303.

Source:

  • [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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 146: Collection Anthony Lorrain Monnaies de Metz, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

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