France 1766-Pau louis d'or

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
from www.CGB.fr

This specimen is louis d'or du Béarn au bandeau struck at the Pau mint, one of a type struck there in 1740-71. This specimen was lot 1460 in CGB sale 31 (Paris, June 2007) and is counted as a better date, even tho its mintage is more than all the other mints put together for 1766.

Recorded mintage: 89,698[1].

Specification: 8.158 g, 0.917 fine gold, 24 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 801a, Dr/2 № 543a, KM 514.

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.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • 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.

Link to:

Retrieved from "https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=France_1766-Pau_louis_d%27or&oldid=360249"