France 1737-E louis d'or

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 913
from the Mountain Groan Collection
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This specimen was lot 913 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE: Louis XV, 1715-1774, AV louis d'or, Tours, 1737-E, very faint surface hairlines, UNC, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, ex Coin Galleries Auction, July 18, 1991, Lot 860, with original ticket." This type is recorded for 1726-40 and is among the more common gold coins of the French ancien régime.

Recorded mintage: 13,402[2], an available date.

Specification: 8.16 g, 0.917 fine gold, 22-23 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: KM-489.7, Dr/4 № 800, Dr/2 № 540, Gad-340.

Source:

  • [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.
  • 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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