France 1721-K 1/6 ecu

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Jean Elsen sale 141, lot 1416

This specimen was lot 1416 in Jean Elsen sale 141 (Brussels, June 2019), where it sold for €190 (about US$252 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR sixième d'écu de France, 1721K, Bordeaux. Réformation. D/ B. jeune à d., l., dr. et cuir. R/ Ecu de France couronné. Très Beau à Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, silver sixth écu of France of 1721, Bordeaux mint, reformed. Obverse: laureate, draped and armored young bust right; reverse: crowned arms of France. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

This specimen is a sixth écu de France struck at the Bordeaux mint. It is a better date of a common type struck 1720-23, both on new blanks and "reformed" over older coins, most likely twenty sols de France-Navarre.

Recorded mintage: 902,868, all rf[2].

Specification: silver, 11 deniers (.917 fine), 60 pieces to the mark (4.079 g), face value 30 sols, 24 mm diameter. Engraved by Norbert Roëttiers, this specimen 4,07 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 845, Dr/2 № 572, Dupl-1668; Gad-297.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 141, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.

Links to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=France_1721-K_1/6_ecu&oldid=579287"