France 1718-W ecu Dav-1327

Jean Elsen sale 159, lot 1221

This specimen was lot 1221 in Jean Elsen sale 159 (Brussels, June 2024), where it sold for €160 (about US$206 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR écu de Navarre, 1718 W, Lille. D/ B. enfantin à d., l., dr. et cuir. R/ Ecu écartelé de France-Navarre, échancré et couronné. Traces d'ajustage. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, silver écu of Navarre of 1718, Lille mint. Obverse: laureate, draped and armored infant bust right; reverse: crowned and quartered arms of France and Navarre. Adjustment marks, very fine.)"

This type was struck 1718-20 in substantial numbers but is not so common as the preceding écu vertugadin. Both this écu de Navarre (KM 435.22/Dav-1327) and the écu vertugadin (KM 414.21/Dav-1326) were struck at Lille in 1718.

Recorded mintage: est. 818,640^[2] plus 2,306,460 of the écu vertugadin in rf.

Specification: 24.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 24,37 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 816, Dr/2 № 558, KM 435.22, Dupl-1657; Gad-318; Dav-1327.

Source:

^[2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
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.
Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 4me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012.
Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
^[1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 159, Collection Harry Dewit, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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