France 1767-Pau 2 louis d'or

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 40272
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40272 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $3,120. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 2 Louis d'Or, 1767-(Cow). Pau Mint. Louis XV. NGC MS-61. Featuring the cow mintmark, this type was issued for the province of Bearn. Charmingly struck and preserved, with a golden-olive hue and a few light adjustment marks across the face." Altho the Pau mint issued a substantial number of double louis d'or au bandeau du Béarn, enough to qualify it as a common mint, it obtains a premium as it counts as a separate subtype in the French catalogs. The obverse legend reads "LUD·XV·D·G·FR· ET NA·RE·BD·" instead of the standard "LUD·XV·D·G·FR· ET NAV·REX·".

Recorded mintage: 16,976.

Specification: 16.31 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, 28-29 mm diameter, designed by J.-C. Röettiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 792a, Dr/2 № 542a, Fr-463; KM-522; Gad-346a.

Source:

  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 2nd édition. Paris: AFPN, 1998.
  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • 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.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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