France 1763-A 1/5 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 83, lot 2096
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This coin, called a cinquième d'écu au bandeau, was the French equivalent of a twenty cent piece. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the 1/5 écu = 24 sols. The type was struck 1741-72 and is recorded for the Paris mint ("A") for most of those years. This specimen was lot 2096 in Jean Elsen sale 83.

Recorded mintage: 12,631. The SCWC lists this date as common but Droulers[1] lists this date as rare.

Specification: 5.9 g, 0.917 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: Dr/2 № 586, Dr/4 № 841, KM 515.1, Gad-299.

Source:

  • Clairand, Armand, Monnaies de Louis XV, Le temps de la Stabilité Monetaire, 1726-1774, Paris: Maison Platt, 1996.
  • [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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