France 1719-H 1/2 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 150, lot 1361

This specimen was lot 1361 in Jean Elsen sale 150 (Brussels, March 2022), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$1,989 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR demi-écu de Navarre, 1719H, La Rochelle. D/ B. enfantin à d., l., dr. et cuir. R/ Ecu écartelé de France-Navarre, échancré et couronné. Rare. Très Beau à Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, silver half écu of Navarre of 1719, La Rochelle mint. Obverse: laureate, draped and armored young bust right; reverse: crowned quartered arms of France and Navarre. Rare, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

This issue of the La Rochelle mint is a better date of a scarce type, struck in France 1718-19 only. It is called the demi-écu de France et Navarre.

Recorded mintage: 57,600[2].

Specification: 12.23 g, 0.917 fine silver, 33 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers; this specimen 12,15 g.

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

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.
  • 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.

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