France 1774-Pau 2 louis d'or

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Jean Elsen sale 144, lot 1706

This specimen was lot 1706 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €2,300 (about US$3,031 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AV double louis d'or de Béarn à la vieille tête, 1774, Pau. D/ T. l. à g., la base du cou drapée. R/ Ecus ovales de France et de Navarre sous une couronne. En dessous, la vaquette du Béarn. Extrêmement rare Traces de monture. Beau à Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, gold double louis of the old head of 1774, Pau mint. Obverse: laureate and draped head left; reverse: oval arms of Fance and Navarre beneath a crown, the cow mintmark below. Extremely rare, trace of mounting, Fine - Very Fine.)"

This type, called a double louis d'or à la vieille tête in the French catalogs, was struck 1772-74 and is rare and expensive, especially from the Pau mint. It succeeded the double louis d'or au bandeau.

Recorded mintage: 2,796, rare.

Specification: 16.31 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, 28-29 mm diameter, designed by C.-N. Röettiers, this specimen 15,15 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 793a, Fr-466, Dupl-1645; Gad-347a; L4L 523.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 144, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

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