France 1723-AA louis d'or

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Jean Elsen sale 146, lot 186

This specimen was lot 186 in Jean Elsen sale 146 (Brussels, November 2020), where it sold for €1,500 (about US$2,186 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AV louis d'or mirliton, 1723AA, Metz. Aux palmes courtes. D/ T. laurée à d. R/ Deux L entrelacés sous une couronne, entre deux palmes. Très rare Petit défaut de flan au revers. Gradé PCGS XF45. Très Beau. Provient de la collection Teitgen, Paris, 26-28 octobre 2015, 917. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, gold louis d'or mirliton of 1723, Metz mint, with short palm branches. Obverse: laureate head right; reverse: two "L's" interlaced under a crown, between two palms. Very rare, small planchet defect on the reverse. Very Fine.)"

The specimen shown is a louis d'or Mirliton, palmes courtes, struck at the Metz mint (mintmark "AA") during the minority of king Louis XV. This type was struck 1723 only but from twenty-seven mints. It would be extremely rare but for a quantity recovered in 1965 from the wreck of Le Chameau, a French troopship discovered off the coast of Nova Scotia. This type was superseded by the louis d'or Mirliton, palmes longues, struck 1723-25. That coin in turn was superseded by the louis d'or aux lunettes, struck 1726-40.

Recorded mintage: est. 3,200[2].

Specification: 6.52 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, 22-23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Duplessy 1638 A; L4L 465; Fr-459; Gadoury 338, Dr/4 № 798, Dr/2 № 537, KM 468.2.

Source:

  • [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.
  • 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.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 146: Collection Anthony Lorrain Monnaies de Metz, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

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