France 1777-L louis d'or

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Jean Elsen sale 125, lot 1773

This specimen was lot 1773 in Jean Elsen sale 125 (Brussels, June 2015), where it sold for €3,600 (about US$4,789 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XVI (1774-1793), AV louis d'or aux lunettes, 1777-L, Bayonne. Dit "au buste habillé". 2e semestre. D/ B. à g., en habit brodé, les cheveux noués par un ruban. R/ Ecus ovales de France et de Navarre inclinés sous une couronne. Extrêmement rare Fines traces d'ajustage et petite griffe au droit presque Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XVI (1774-93), gold louis d'or of the eyeglasses of 1777, Bayonne mint, second semester. Obverse: bust to left in embroidered coat, hair tied in a ribbon; reverse: oval arms of France and Navarre under a crown. Extremely rare, fine adjustment marks and small obverse scratch, about extremely fine.)"

This type was struck in limited numbers 1774-85 and was melted when the gold louis was reduced to 7.65 g in 1786. Few survive.

Recorded mintage: est. 813.

Specification: 8.15 g, 0.917 fine gold; this specimen is 8,16 g.

Catalog reference: Dupl-1704, Gad-359, Fr-471, Dr/4 № 879, Dr/2 № 602.

Source:

  • Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 125: Collections Dr. Jacques Marneffe, Jean-Marie Chouters et Henri Pottier, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2015.

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