France 1743-T ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 163, lot 1889
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This specimen was lot 1889 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €420 (about US$485 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR écu au bandeau, 1743 T, Nantes. D/ T. à g., ceinte d'un bandeau. R/ Écu de France couronné, entre deux rameaux d'olivier. Fines traces d'ajustage au droit. Petits coups sur la tranche. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-1774, silver écu of the ribbon of 1743, Nantes mint. Obverse: head left, hair tied in a ribbon; reverse: crowned arms of France between two olive branches. Fine adjustment marks on the obverse, small rim nicks, Extremely Fine.)"

The écu au bandeau is the most popular coin of the ancien regime among collectors. Alhéritière and Deswelle[3] reported 575 dates for this type in 2004; three more have been published since. An additional 215 dates may exist; records show they were minted but no one has found one. Four dates are known which the archives state should not exist. Of these only two dozen or so are classed as common (20 or more examples known), while 481 dates are known from five or fewer examples.

Recorded mintage: 172,231, a common date[2].

Specification: 29.49 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39-41 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by J. C. Roëttiers, this specimen is 29,42 g.

Catalog reference: Dupl-1680; Gad-322, Dav-1331, Dr/4 № 820, Dr/2 № 584, KM 512.20.

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.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [3]Alhéritière, Edouard, and Ludovic Deswelle, "Les écus de Louis XV de bandeau: point de situation," Numismatique et Change, No. 349 [Mai 2004], pp. 61-63.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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.
  • George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 163, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.

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