France 1743-N 1/10 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 136, lot 1448

This specimen was lot 1448 in Jean Elsen sale 136 (Brussels, March 2018), where it sold for €170 (about US$250 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR dixième d'écu au bandeau, 1743N, Montpellier. D/ T. à g., ceinte d'un bandeau. R/ Ecu de France couronné, entre deux rameaux d'olivier. Extrêmement rare Fines griffes. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, tenth écu of the ribbon of 1743, Montpellier mint. Obverse: head to left, hair tied in a ribbon; reverse: crowned arms of France between two olive branches. Extremely rare, fine scratches, very fine.)"

This coin, called a dixième d'écu au bandeau, was the French equivalent of a ten cent piece. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the 1/10 écu = 12 sols. The type was struck 1741-72 and is recorded for the Paris mint ("A") for most of those years. This issue is from the Montpellier mint (mintmark "N") and is mentioned but not priced in Droulers[2].

Recorded mintage: 34,544[2], a rare date.

Specification: 2.94 g, 0.917 fine silver, reeded edge, designed by J.-C. Röettiers; this specimen 2,83 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 850, Dr/2 № 587, Dupl-1683; Gad-292; L4L 497 (hors cote), KM 511 (unlisted date).

Source:

  • Clairand, Armand, Monnaies de Louis XV, Le temps de la Stabilité Monetaire, 1726-1774, Paris: Maison Platt, 1996.
  • [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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 136: Collection Martiny, Collection Nef, Collection Casterman, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.

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