France 1725-N ecu

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Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74632
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This specimen was lot 74632 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $432. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu, 1725-N. Montpellier Mint. Louis XV. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, EF Details. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Ex: Le Chameau shipwreck." This is an écu aux 8 L of the Montpellier mint, struck while Louis XV was a minor. Droulers[2] notes the type as rather scarce as most were melted in the great reform of 1726. A number were recovered from the wreck of Le Chameau but most, including this one, were corroded. This type is the lowest weight écu struck during the reign of Louis XV. This date obtains about a 10% premium over the 1725-A.

Recorded mintage: 457,729, a slightly better date.

Specification: 23.59 g, 0.917 fine silver, .695 troy oz ASW, 38-39 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 818, Dr/2 № 574, Dav-1329; KM-472.14; Gad-320.

Sources:

  • [2]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.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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