France 1721-V 1/12 ecu

Stack's Bowers September 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74374

This specimen was lot 74374 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $125. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/12 Ecu, 1721/0-V. Troyes Mint. Louis XV. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details. Mostly white with a few golden highlights at the edges. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection." This type was struck 1720-23 in large numbers while the adventurer John Law dominated the French government. Nearly all were struck over X sols de France-Navarre struck in 1719-20. Worth 15 sols (¾ livres) on its introduction, it was reduced in steps to 5 sols 2 deniers in September 1724.

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

Specification: 2.04 g, 0.917 fine silver, 20 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 853, Dr/2 № 573, Gad-288.

Source:

^[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.
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.
^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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