France 1720-B 20 sols

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This specimen is a twenty sols de France-Navarre struck at the Rouen mint, one of a type struck there in 1719-20. This specimen was lot 1556 in CGB sale 24 and is counted as a better date only by comparison to the Paris mint, which emitted over 13 million pieces.

Recorded mintage: 1,798,041[1].

Specification: silver, 11 deniers (.917 fine), 60 pieces to the mark (4.079 g), face value 20 sols, 23 mm diameter. Engraved by Norbert Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 843, Dr/2 № 562, KM 440.3.

Source:

  • [1]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.
  • 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.

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