France 1723-Pau louis d'or

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Heritage sale 61259, lot 99151
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This specimen was lot 99151 in Heritage sale 61259 (Dallas, TX, February 2022), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "France: Very Rare Date and Mint Combination, Louis XV gold Louis d'Or Mirliton de Bearn 1723-(cow) AU53 NGC, Pau mint. Short palms variety. From the 1725 Le Chameau shipwreck. An elusive and popular mint, the example offered here presenting an off-center and shallow strike, bearing some excess metal to the left of Louis XV bust and some shipwreck encrustation to the pale gold surfaces. The sole certified example by the two major grading companies, with only 3 or 4 others having crossed the auction block in the last two decades according to our research. Though among the slightly more attainable Pau-minted dates in this short series, acquiring an example is by no means an easy task. Ex. John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIII (Stack's January 2006, Lot 414)." The specimen shown is a louis d'or Mirliton du Béarn, palmes courtes, struck at the Pau mint (mintmark a cow) 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 This type was superseded by the louis d'or Mirliton, palmes longues, struck 1723-25. That coin in turn was superseded by the louis d'or aux lunettes, struck 1726-40.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: 26,663 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 № 798a, Dr/2 № 537a, KM 469, Fr-459, Gad-338a (R5), Dupl-1638A, L4L-473 (R4).

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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