France 1771-A louis d'or

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Jean Elsen sale 155, lot 1701

This specimen was lot 1701 in Jean Elsen sale 155 (Brussels, June 2023), where it sold for €3,000 (about US$3,931 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AV louis d'or à la vieille tête, 1771 A, Paris. 2e semestre. D/ T. laurée à g., la base du cou drapée. R/ Ecus ovales de France et de Navarre sous une couronne. Très rare. Fines griffes au droit. Légers défauts de laminage au revers. Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, gold louis of the old head of 1771, Paris mint, second semester. Obverse: laureate head left, with drapery at the base of the neck; reverse: oval arms of France and Navarre under a crown. Very rare, fine scratches on the obverse, lamination marks on the reverse. Extremely Fine.)"

This scarce type was issued 1771-74 from six mints but the vast majority of survivors are from the Paris mint. Double louis and demi-louis also exist, the demi-louis being extremely rare. The mints were supposed to switch to the louis d'or à la vieille tête in 1771 but were permitted to use up old dies of the louis d'or au bandeau.

Recorded mintage: 42,236.

Specification: 8.15 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 8,11 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 802, Dr/2 № 546, Duplessy 1646; Fr-467; Gadoury 342.

Source:

  • 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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 155, Collection Marc Bar et Distinctions de Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.

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