View source for France 1643-A 1/2 louis d'or Fr-416

[[Image:SB121-20117o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 20117]]
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This specimen was lot 20117 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $2,280. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France|FRANCE]]. 1/2 Louis d'Or, 1643-A. Paris Mint. Louis XIV. NGC AU-58. Obverse: Laureate head right; Reverse: Crowned cruciform monogram, with lis in each angle. Just a hint of light handling on the high points is the only evidence of this piece's time in circulation. Accordingly, a good deal of lustrous brilliance remains in many of the protected areas. Ex Stack's (1/2008) Lot # 2477." This type is the second French ''demi-louis d'or'', part of the coinage reform which attempted to replace hammered coinage with milled coinage. Its face value was five ''livres tournois''. The ''louis d'or'' of Louis XIII were struck 1640-43 in fairly large quantities in an attempt to displace the miscellaneous ''écus d'or'' of earlier in the reign and that of Henri IV. The ''demi-louis d'or'' would be struck until the end of the ancien régime in 1792 tho never in large quantities. ''Demi-louis'' of Louis XIII are also known for 1643.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but a common date for the type.

''Specification:'' 3.37 g, 0.917 fine gold, plain edge.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-416; KM-148.1. 

''[[Bibliography|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. 
* 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. 
* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections'', Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2020.

''Link to:''
* [[France 1643-H double tournois|1643-H ''double tournois de Warin'']]
* [[France 1643-A double tournois|1643-A ''double tournois'']]
* [[France 1643-A 1/12 ecu|1643-A ''douzième d'écu de Louis XIII'']]
* [[France 1643-D 1/12 ecu|1643-D ''douzième d'écu de Louis XIII'']]
* [[France 1643-Mor 1/4 ecu|1643 ''quart d'écu du Béarn,'' Morlaàs mint]] 
* [[France 1643-AR 1/4 ecu|1643-AR ''quart d'écu au marteau'']]
* [[France 1643-K 1/4 ecu KM-142.9|1643-K ''quart d'écu au marteau'', Louis XIV]]
* [[France 1643-M 1/4 ecu|1643-M hammered ''quart d'écu'']]
* [[France 1643-A 1/4 ecu KM-134.1|1643-A ''quart d'écu de Louis XIII'']]
* [[France 1643-A 1/4 ecu|1643-A ''quart d'écu à la mèche courte'']]
* [[France 1643-D 1/2 ecu|1643-D ''demi-écu de 30 sols'']]
* [[France 1643-D ecu|1643-D ''écu de 60 sols'']]
* [[France 1643-A ecu Dav-3798|1643-A ''écu à la mèche courte'', Louis XIV]]
* [[France 1643-A 1/2 louis d'or Fr-411|1643-A ''demi-louis d'or de Louis XIII'']]
* [[France 1643-A louis d'or Fr-415|1643-A ''louis d'or à la mèche courte'', Louis XIV]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1643]]
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]

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