France 1765-A 1/20 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 83, lot 2097
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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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This diminutive coin, called a vingtième d'écu au bandeau, was the French equivalent of a half dime. This specimen was lot 2097 in Jean Elsen sale 83 (Brussels, March 2005), where it sold for 130 euro. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the vingtième d'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.

Recorded mintage: 12,450. The SCWC lists this date as common but Droulers[1] lists this date as rare.

Specification: 1.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, 18-19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dr/2 № 588, Dr/4 № 857, KM 510.1.

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.

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