Perpignan 1644 2 sols
This specimen was lot 1841 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €60 (about US$84 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, PERPIGNAN, Monnayage local, Louis XIV (1643-1715), Cu double sol, 1644. D/ Écu de Catalogne couronné, cantonné de la date. R/ Saint Jean-Baptiste deb. de f., entre 2 et une étoile. Très rare. Beau. (France, Perpignan, local coinage in the name of Louis XIV, 1643-1715, copper double sol of 1644. Obverse: crowned lozenge of Catalonia, cantonned with the date; reverse: St. John the Baptist stands facing, between a 2 and a star. Very rare, Fine.)"
Perpignan was the capital of the county of Roussillon. This type was issued 1644-54 during the War of the Reapers. A variety exists with a reversed "2" (KM 12.2). Perpignan and Roussillon were ceded to France in 1659 by the Treaty of the Pyrenees. The king of France operated a mint there, mintmark "Q", until 1837.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 2,88 g.
Catalog reference: KM 12.1, Cayón-7002, Dupl. 1609.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias, 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
- Calicó, Xavier, Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020, Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
Link to:
- Agramunt 1643 dinero struck for Louis XIII
- Cervera (1643) dinero
- Catalonia 1644 5 reales Barcelona mint, bust of Louis XIV
- Coins and currency dated 1644