France 1723-CC louis d'or

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Heritage sale 61259, lot 99120
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This specimen was lot 99120 in Heritage sale 61259 (Dallas, TX, February 2022), where it sold for $4,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "France: Exceedingly Rare Besancon-minted Louis d'Or Mirliton, Louis XV gold Louis d'Or Mirliton 1723-)( MS61 NGC, Besançon mint, Short palms variety. Thoroughly impressive conditionally and of the utmost rarity, confirmed in L4L and with Gadoury's placement of dashes for value, the example at hand remains in a league of its own. Awash in harvest-gold patina that envelops fully struck-up devices, including the instantly recognizable interlinking Cs mintmark of Besancon. We can find no instance of this highly important issue to have sold in recent memory, including in the sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, of which encompassed numerous examples in this very sale. As such, we expect an elevated level of bidding commensurate with this fact. Accompanied by a Wade Hinderling tag." The specimen shown is a louis d'or Mirliton, palmes courtes, struck at the Besançon mint (mintmark "ϽC") 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 This type was superseded by the louis d'or Mirliton, palmes longues, struck 1723-25. That coin in turn was superseded by the louis d'or aux lunettes, struck 1726-40.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: 14,400 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-Unl., Fr-459, Gad-338 (unpriced), Dupl-1638A, L4L-465 (R5).

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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