France 1760-A 1/20 ecu

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74754
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This specimen was lot 74754 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/20 Ecu, 1760/57-A. Paris Mint. Louis XV. PCGS MS-63. Overdate variety. From the Richard August Collection." 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 1/20 écu = 6 sols. The type was struck 1740-69 but is recorded for the Paris mint ("A") in 1740-50, 1752-56, 1758-61 and 1765-66 only. Despite the interrupted dates of issue, Paris was the most faithful issuer of this denomination. The 1760-AA the only other issue for the year.

Recorded mintage: 8,300, a rare date[2].

Specification: 1.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, 18-19 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by J.-C. Röettiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 857, Dr/2 № 588, KM-510.1; Gad-284; Ciani-2128; Dup-1684.

Sources:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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