France 1723-A louis d'or

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Jean Elsen sale 124, lot 939

This specimen was lot 939 in Jean Elsen sale 124 (Brussels, March 2015), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,247 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AV louis d'or mirliton, 1723 A, Paris. Aux palmes courtes. Droit: Tête laurée à droite. Revers: Deux L entrelacés sous une couronne, entre deux palmes. Provient de notre vente 82, 11 décembre 2004, 1876. Rare. Très Beau à Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XV (1715-74), gold louis d'or "mirliton" of 1723 with short palm branches, Paris mint. Obverse: laureate head to right; reverse:two interlaced L's under a crown between two palm branches. From our sale 82 (Decmber 2004), lot 1876. Rare, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The specimen shown is a louis d'or Mirliton, palmes courtes, struck at the Paris mint (mintmark "A") 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 This type was superseded by the louis d'or Mirliton, palmes longues, struck 1723-25. That coin in turn was superseded by the louis d'or aux lunettes, struck 1726-40.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: 1,729,200[1], most common mint.

Specification: 6.52 g, 0.917 fine gold, 22-23 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers. This specimen 6,52 g.

Catalog reference: Dupl., 1638A; Ci., 2083; Fr-459, Gad-338, Dr/4 № 798, Dr/2 № 537, KM 468.1.

Source:

  • [1]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.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [2]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 124, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2015.

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