France 1768-D 1/10 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 145, lot 1189

This specimen was lot 1189 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €120 (about US$171 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR dixième d'écu au bandeau, 1765D, Lyon. D/ T. à g., ceinte d'un bandeau. R/ Ecu de France couronné, entre deux rameaux d'olivier. Rare Traces d'ajustage. Belle patine. presque Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, one tenth ecu of the ribbon of 1765, Lyon mint. Obverse: head left, hair tied in a ribbon; reverse: crowned arms of France between two olive branches. Rare, traces of adjustment marks, nice patina, about Extremely Fine.)"

This diminutive coin, called a dixième d'écu au bandeau, was the French equivalent of a dime. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the dixième d'écu = 12 sols. The type was struck 1740-70. Tho the auctioneers have catalogued this as a 1765-D, it is clearly a 1768-D, of roughly equal rarity.

Recorded mintage: assez peu[2].

Specification: 2.95 g, 0.917 fine silver, 22 mm diameter, this specimen 2,93 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/2 № 587, Dr/4 № 850, KM 511.4, Dupl-1683; Gad-292.

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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

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