France 1750-AA ecu

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Jean Elsen sale 146, lot 204

This specimen was lot 204 in Jean Elsen sale 146 (Brussels, November 2020), where it sold for €250 (about US$364 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), écu au bandeau, 1750AA, Metz. D/ T. à g., ceinte d'un bandeau. R/ Ecu de France couronné, entre deux rameaux d'olivier. Gradé PCGS XF45. Très Beau à Superbe. Provient de la collection Teitgen, Paris, 26-28 octobre 2015, 941. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, écu of the ribbon of 1750, Metz mint. Obverse: head left, hair tied in a ribbon; reverse: crowned arms of France between two olive branches. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

This product of the Metz mint is common. The écu au bandeau is the most popular coin of the ancien regime of France 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. The Metz mint is noted for 1740-43, 1750-70.

Recorded mintage: 62,748[2], a common date.

Specification: 29.45 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39 mm diameter, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: Dav-1331; KM-512.1; Dupl-1680; Gad-322; L4L 494, Dr/4 № 820, Dr/2 № 584.

Source:

  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • [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.
  • 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.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 146: Collection Anthony Lorrain Monnaies de Metz, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

Link to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=France_1750-AA_ecu&oldid=578972"