France 1724-V louis d'or

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Heritage sale 61259, lot 99184
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This specimen was lot 99184 in Heritage sale 61259 (Dallas, TX, February 2022), where it sold for $3,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "France: Highly Elusive Mint-Date Combination, Louis XV gold Louis d'Or Mirliton 1724-V AU55 NGC, Troyes mint, Large palms variety. By all indications a very fleeting mint-date combination in the series, and one entirely unrecorded in the Standard Catalog of World Coins. Though only assigned an R2 rarity by Gadoury and Les monnaies des quatre Rois Louis, we would note that no 1724 Mirliton from Troyes was present in either the Partrick Collection or the 1971 Parke-Bernet sale, with this date further missing from sales records of the last 2 decades. Indeed, the last specimen we have been able to locate was in the Ford Collection (Part XIII, lot 441), which appears to have been struck from different dies. Sold with old dealer tag. Privately Purchased from Wade Hinderling." The specimen shown is a louis d'or Mirliton, grandes palmes, struck at the Troyes mint (mintmark "V") during the minority of king Louis XV. This type was struck 1723-25 only but from twenty-eight 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 This type superseded the louis d'or Mirliton, palmes courtes, struck 1723 only, and was superseded in turn by the louis d'or aux lunettes, struck 1726-40.

Recorded mintage: 77,268.

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

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 799, Dr/2 № 538, cf. KM 470.20 (date unlisted), Gad-339 (R2), Dupl-1638, L4L-466 (R2).

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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