France 1722-B ecu
This specimen was lot 20213 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu, 1722-B. Rouen Mint. Louis XV (1715-74). NGC AU-58. An écu de France struck over a 1718-C écu de France-Navarre during the minority of Louis XV. Gadoury notes that all known specimens of this date are restruck. Traces of the undertype are clear (the date and mint can be made out) but the second strike is clear. Lightly toned with much luster. Above average and attractive." This is an écu au grand écusson de France of the Rouen 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.
Reported Mintage: unknown but all on "reformed" blanks.
Specification: 24.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, 38 mm diameter, lettered edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.
Catalog reference: Dav-1328; KM-459.2; Gad-319; Dupl-1665; Ciani-2107; Dr/4 № 817, Dr/2 № 566; DFW-445.
- [2]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.
- George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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- Coins and currency dated 1722
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)