Lorraine 1726 30 deniers
This specimen was lot 73623 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Lorraine. 30 Deniers, 1726. Leopold Joseph. NGC AU-58. With steely gray surfaces and rich details, this uncommonly encountered example from Lorraine displays a pleasing look and is sure to be welcomed by collectors of the 'one from every country' crowd." Lorraine in the early eighteenth century was in the borderlands between France and Germany and was contested between them. In 1726, she was still part of the Empire but the duke was a French client. His son, Francis III (1729-37) married Maria Theresia of Austria and was forced to trade Lorraine for Tuscany. Lorraine went to Stanislaus Leszczynski, erstwhile king of Poland and father-in-law of Louis XV. On his death in 1766, Lorraine passed to France. This denomination was struck intermittently until 1729 and was accompanied by fifteen and sixty deniers. It was worth 2½ sols or 1/10 livre or 1/60 écu.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver or billon.
Catalog reference: KM-75.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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