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[[Image:France S47-1676.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 47, lot 1676]]

This specimen was lot 1676 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 180 CHF (about US$216 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANKREICH, Konigreich, Louis XV. 1715-1774. 1/20 Ecu au bandeau 1744 AA, Metz. Selten. Gutes sehr schön.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XV, 1715-74, twentieth écu of the hair ribbon of 1744, Metz mint. Rare, Good very fine.)"</blockquote> This diminutive coin, called a 1/20 écu "au bandeau", was the French equivalent of a half dime. In the coinage system of the ''ancien régime'', the 1/20 écu = 6 sols. The type was struck 1740-69 but is recorded for the Metz mint ("AA") in 1740, 1744, 1748-49, 1760, 1765, 1769 only. 

''Recorded mintage:'' 1,793, a scarce date.

''Specification:'' 1.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 1.51 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Dr/2 № 588, Dr/4 № 857, KM 510.2, Gadoury 284.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[2]</sup>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.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland,'' Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018

''Link to:''
* [[France 1743-A 1/20 ecu|1743-A ''vingtième d'écu au bandeau'']]
* [[France 1744-BB 2 sols|1744-BB ''double sol aux 2 L couronnés'']]
* [[France 1744-P 2 sols|1744-P ''double sol aux 2 L couronnés'']]
* [[France 1744-W 2 sols|1744-W ''double sol aux 2 L couronnés'']]
* [[France 1744-X 1/20 ecu|1744-X ''vingtième d'écu au bandeau'']]
* [[France 1744-G 1/2 ecu|1744-G ''demi-écu au bandeau'']]
* [[France 1744-T ecu|1744-T ''écu au bandeau'']]
* [[France 1744-AA louis d'or|1744-AA ''louis d'or au bandeau'']]
* [[France 1744-W louis d'or|1744-W ''louis d'or au bandeau'']]
* [[France 1744-BB 2 louis d'or|1744-BB ''double louis d'or au bandeau'']]
* [[France 1744-K 2 louis d'or|1744-K ''double louis d'or au bandeau'']]
* [[France 1749-W 1/20 ecu|1749-W ''vingtième d'écu au bandeau'']]
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1744]]

[[Category: Silver minors of France]][[Category:Selections from Sincona sale 46, 47]]