France 1758-Pau ecu
This specimen was lot 1460 in Fritz Rudolf Künker eLive Auction 80 (December 2023), where it sold for 75 euro. The lot description noted: "EUROPEAN COINS AND MEDALS, FRANCE, KÖNIGREICH, Louis XV, 1715-1774. Ecu au bandeau 1758, Pau. Feine Tönung, justiert, sehr schön. (Fine toning, adjustment marks, very fine)." Most of the mints were in small towns, operated to provide patronage for local politicians. In gold, Paris, Strasbourg, Lille and Pau were the most important; in silver, Bayonne, Paris, Pau, Aix and Rennes predominated. As a remnant of its former position as the capital of the kingdom of Navarre, the Pau mint was permitted to use a slightly different obverse legend than the other mints. Hence its product is catalogued today as a separate subtype. Its écus and louis d’or are common, other denominations very rare.
Recorded mintage: 317,199, a common date[2].
Specification: 29.49 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39-41 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers. This specimen 29,1 g.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 820a, Dav-A1331; Gad-322a; KM-518.
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Link to:
- 1757 écu au bandeau du Béarn
- 1758-A double sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1758-R vingtième d'écu au bandeau
- 1758-Z dixième d'écu au bandeau
- 1758-Q demi-écu au bandeau
- 1758-W demi-écu au bandeau
- 1758-A écu au bandeau
- 1758-A louis d'or au bandeau
- 1758-W louis d'or au bandeau
- 1758-AA double louis d'or au bandeau
- 1758-BB double louis d'or au bandeau
- 1759-B écu au bandeau
- 1759-R écu au bandeau
- 1759-W écu au bandeau
- Coins and currency dated 1758
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)