France 1773-L 1/20 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 145, lot 1194

This specimen was lot 1194 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 vingtième d'écu à la vieille tête, 1773L, Bayonne. D/ T. l. à g. R/ Ecu de France couronné, entre deux rameaux d'olivier. Rare Belle patine. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, one twentieth ecu of the old head of 1773, Bayonne mint. Obverse: laureate head left; reverse: crowned arms of France between two olive branches. Rare, nice patina, Very Fine.)"

This diminutive coin, called a vingtième d'écu à la vieille tête, was the French equivalent of a half dime. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the vingtième d'écu = 6 sols. The type was struck 1771-73 at Paris, Strasbourg and Bayonne only. It is seldom seen.

Recorded mintage: est. 24,900.

Specification: 1.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, 18-19 mm diameter, this specimen 1,47 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/2 № 594, Dr/4 № 858, KM 552.3, Dupl-1689; Gad-285.

Source:

  • 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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