France 1749-W 1/20 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 88, lot 1310
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the same specimen, from the Mountain Groan Collection
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This diminutive coin, called a vingtième d'écu au bandeau, was the French equivalent of a half dime. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the vingtième d'écu = 6 sols. The type was struck 1740-69 but is recorded for the Lille mint ("W") in 1741, 1743-45, 1747-50 and 1753 only. This specimen was lot 1310 in Jean Elsen sale 88 (Brussels, June 2006), where it sold for 90 euro.

Recorded mintage: 70,882. Droulers[1] lists this date as slightly scarce.

Specification: 1.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, 18-19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dr/2 № 588, Dr/4 № 857, KM 510.16.

Source:

  • [1]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.
  • 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.

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