France 1764-S 1/10 ecu

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CNG Lissner sale, lot 289

This specimen was lot 289 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $847. The catalog description[2] noted, "FRANCE, Royal. Louis XV le Bien-Aimé (the Well-Beloved). 1715–1774. AR Dixième d’écu au bandeau. Bayonne mint; différents: pellets flanking tulips in saltire/rose. Christophe Rossy, engraver. Pierre d’Arippe, director. Dated 1764 S. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 65 Gem iridescent toned uncirculated. A beautiful type coin. Only one of this type ever graded MS 65 and none higher. Purchased from M. Louis Teller, January 1983." This coin, called a dixième d'écu au bandeau, was the French equivalent of a dime. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the 1/10 écu = 12 sols. The type was struck 1740-72 but is recorded for the Reims mint ("S") in 1741, 1743-44, 1747-48, 1751, 1755, 1757, 1760, 1764 and 1767 only. Most of the issues after 1744 are scarce to rare.

Recorded mintage: est. 49,800[1], a scarce date.

Specification: 5.9 g, 0.917 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, designed by J.-C. Röettiers. This specimen 21 mm diameter, 2.9 g, 6h axis.

Catalog reference: Duplessy 1683; Ciani 2127; KM 511.12 (unlisted date), Dr/2 № 587, Dr/4 № 850.

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.
  • [2]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.

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