France 1724-B ecu Dav-1328

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Jean Elsen sale 162, lot 1000
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This specimen was lot 1000 in Jean Elsen sale 162 (Brussels, June 2025), where it sold for €380 (about US$527 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR écu de France, 1724 B, Rouen. Flan neuf. D/ B. enfantin à d., l., dr. et cuir. R/ Écu de France couronné. Nettoyé. Légères traces d'ajustage. Provient de notre vente 76, 13 septembre 2003, 1568. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, silver écu of France of 1724, Rouen mint, new planchet. Obverse: draped and armored infant bust left; reverse: crowned arms of France. Cleaned, light adjustment marks, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

This is an écu au grand écusson de France of the Rouen mint, struck while Louis XV was a minor. Droulers notes the type as rather scarce but more available than the succeeding écu aux 8 L of 1724-25. The type was issued 1720-24.

Recorded mintage: 478,080 plus 456,417 of the écu aux 8 L.

Specification: 24.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, .722 troy oz ASW, 38 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers, this specimen 24,21 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 817, Dr/2 № 566, KM 459.3, Dav-1328, Dupl. 1665; Ci. 2107 var.; Gad-319.

Sources:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 162: Collection Jacques Druart, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.

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