France 1718-D ecu Dav-1326

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Jean Elsen sale 150, lot 1357

This specimen was lot 1357 in Jean Elsen sale 150 (Brussels, March 2022), where it sold for €480 (about US$636 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR écu Vertugadin, 1718D (regravé sur 1716), Lyon. Réformation. D/ B. enfantin à d., dr. et cuir. R/ Ecu de France rond, couronné. Réformé sur un écu aux insignes de 1702. Flan large. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, silver écu Vertugadin of 1718 (1718/6 overdate), Lyon mint, reformed. Obverse: young bust right, draped and armored; reverse: crowned round arms of France. Large planchet, Very Fine.)"

This is an écu vertugadin of the Lyon mint, struck while Louis XV was a minor. Droulers[2] notes the 1718-D as scarce. The specimen shown is a "flan reformé." The type was struck 1715-18 in substantial numbers but was replaced by the écu de France-Navarre, which is only 24.47 grams.

Recorded mintage: 180,800 fn plus a few rf[2], a better date.

Specification: 30.59 g, 0.917 fine silver, .902 troy oz ASW, 41 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers; this specimen 30,29 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 813, Dupl-1651A; Gad-317, Dav-1326.

Source:

  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 2nd édition. Paris: AFPN, 1998.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 150: Collection J.F.L. Blankenberg, Monnaies de l'Orient Latin, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
  • George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.

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