France 1723-BB louis d'or

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Heritage sale 61259, lot 99117
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This specimen was lot 99117 in Heritage sale 61259 (Dallas, TX, February 2022), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "France: Louis XV gold Louis d'Or Mirliton 1723-BB MS62 NGC, Strasbourg mint. Short palms variety. Extremely scarce, evidenced by a single auction appearance in the last twenty years and missing from the major collections of Ford and Partrick, as well as from the cargo of the Le Chameau sold in the 1971 Parke-Bernet sale. This Strasbourg-minted Louis d'Or is only one of an exceedingly small handful still extant today, none as finely preserved as this, with notable reflectivity of the fields elevating the young king's delightfully detailed bust, the reverse punctuated by an abundance of visually interesting adjustment marks and watery resplendence." The specimen shown is a louis d'or Mirliton, palmes courtes, struck at the Strasbourg mint (mintmark "BB") 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 This type was superseded by the louis d'or Mirliton, palmes longues, struck 1723-25. That coin in turn was superseded by the louis d'or aux lunettes, struck 1726-40.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: 8,400 plus a few louis d'or aux 2 L.

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

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 798, Dr/2 № 537, KM 468.3, Fr-459, Gad-338 (R3), Dupl-1638A, L4L-465 (R3).

Source:

  • 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.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, The Long Island Collection of French Coins Showcase Auction #61259, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.

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