France 1782-A 1/5 ecu

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Goldberg sale 41, lot 3079
photo courtesy Ira & Larry Goldberg

This specimen is an cinquième d'écu au buste habillé struck at the Paris mint, one of a type struck there 1775-92. It was lot 3079 in Goldberg sale 41 (Beverly Hills, May 2007), where it sold for $230. The catalog description[3] noted, "France. 1/5 Ecu, 1782-A (Paris). Louis XVI. Toned. NGC graded AU-58." The 1782-A is listed[1] about 45% higher than the most common date (1787-R) but it is a common mint for 1782 (the others are Montpellier, mintmark "N", and Aix, mintmark "&").

Specification:

  • Obverse: LUD.XVI.D.G.FR ET NAV. REX., king’s uniformed bust left, hair tied with a ribbon;
  • reverse: SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM (date), oval shield of France, crowned, between two olive branches tied with ribbon, mintmark below; reeded edge.
  • composition: silver, 11 deniers (.917 fine), 41.5 pieces to the mark (5.83 g), face value 24 sols, 26-27 mm diameter. Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.

Recorded mintage: 59,885[1], 60,000[2].

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 886, Dr/2 № 619, KM-569.1; Gad-354.

Sources:

  • Clairand, Armand, Monnaies de Louis XV, Le temps de la Stabilité Monetaire, 1726-1774, Paris: Maison Platt, 1996.
  • [1]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.
  • [2]Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [3]Goldberg, Ira, and Larry Goldberg, Goldberg Sale 41: the pre-Long Beach sale, Beverly Hills, CA: Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, 2007.

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