France 1720-N ecu

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74727

This specimen was lot 74727 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu de France, 1720-N. Montpellier Mint. Louis XV. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. Flan reforme. From the Richard August Collection. Ex: John J. Ford Jr. Collection (Stack's - 1/2006) Lot # 376." The specimen shown is an écu au grand écusson de France of the Paris mint, struck while Louis XV was a minor. Droulers^[2] notes the type as rather scarce but more available than the succeeding écu aux 8 L of 1724-25. The type was issued 1720-24.

Recorded mintage: unknown but all rf, a somewhat better date^[2].

Specification: 24.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, .722 troy oz ASW, 38 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 817, Dr/2 № 566, Dav-1328; KM-459.13; Gad-319.

Sources:

Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
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.
George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
^[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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