France 1719-D 1/2 ecu

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74723
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This specimen was lot 74723 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/2 Ecu de Navarre, 1719-D. Lyon Mint. Louis XV. PCGS AU-58. A VERY RARE mint for this type, and especially difficult in this condition closely bordering on Mint State. A lustrous and wholesome piece with only the barest hint of wear on the curls of the portrait. From the Richard August Collection." This issue of the Lyon mint is a better date of a scarce type, struck 1718-20 only. It is called the demi-écu de France et Navarre and had a face value of 3 livres at the time of issue.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a better date[2].

Specification: 12.23 g, 0.917 fine silver, 32 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 824, Dr/2 № 559, Dupl-1658, Gad-310; KM-434.2.

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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