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[[Image:JE163-1870o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 163, lot 1870]]
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This specimen was lot 1870 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$1,848 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AV louis d'or aux insignes, 1704 AA, Metz. 4e réformation. D/ T. laurée à d., les cheveux courts. R/ Croix formée de quatre lis couronnés, brochant sur un sceptre et une main de justice. Rare.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XIV, 1643-1715, gold louis of the insignia of 1704, Metz mint, fourth reformation. Obverse: laureate head right with short hair; reverse: cross formed of four crowned L's, over a scepter and the hand of justice. Rare, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"</blockquote> This type is usually found struck over older coins, a process involving all silver and gold coinage during 1690-1709. These "reformations" were the result of financial manipulations too tedious to discuss here. The ''louis d'or aux insignes'', struck 1704-09, was preceded by the ''louis d'or aux 8 L'' struck 1700-04. Droulers[2] gives this date from the Metz mint a 33% premium over the common date (1704-A) but none are cheap.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but all rf.

''Specification:'' 6.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, 24-26 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 6,68 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 365 (unlisted date), Dr/4 № 416, Dr/2 № 275, Fr-439, Dupl. 1446A; Gad. 254.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* [2]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.
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 163,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[France 1703-H louis d'or|1703-H ''louis d'or aux 8 L et aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1703-N louis d'or|1703-N ''louis d'or aux 8 L et aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1703-9 louis d'or|1703-9 ''louis d'or aux 8 L et aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1704-BB 5 sols|1704-BB 5 sols]]
* [[France 1704-A 10 sols|1704-A 10 ''sols aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1704-A 1/12 ecu|1704-A ''douzième d'écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-AA 1/12 ecu|1704-AA ''douzième d'écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-A 1/4 ecu|1704-A ''quart d'écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-CC 1/4 ecu|1704-ϽC ''quart d'écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-9 1/4 ecu|1704-9 ¼ ''écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-A 1/2 ecu|1704-A ''demi-écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-AA 1/2 ecu|1704-AA ''demi-écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-B 1/2 ecu|1704-B ''demi-écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-E 1/2 ecu|1704-E ''demi-écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-H 1/2 ecu|1704-H ''demi-écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-I 1/2 ecu|1704-I ''demi-écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-V 1/2 ecu|1704-V ''demi-écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-W 1/2 ecu Gad-196|1704-W ''demi-écu de Flandre'']]
* [[France 1704-9 1/2 ecu|1704-9 ''demi-écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-A ecu|1704-A ''écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-AA ecu|1704-AA ''écu aux huit L'']]
* [[France 1704-B ecu|1704-B ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]
* [[France 1704-D ecu|1704-D ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]
* [[France 1704-S ecu|1704-S ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]
* [[France 1704-9 1/2 louis d'or|1704-9 ''demi-louis d'or aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1704-A louis d'or Fr-439|1704-A ''louis d'or aux insignes et aux cheveux courts'']]
* [[France 1704-A louis d'or Fr-442|1704-A ''louis d'or aux insignes et aux cheveux longs'']]
* [[France 1704-BB louis d'or|1704-BB ''louis d'or aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1704-D louis d'or|1704-D ''louis d'or aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1704-G louis d'or|1704-G ''louis d'or aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1704-H louis d'or|1704-H ''louis d'or aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1704-L louis d'or|1704-L ''louis d'or aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1704-O louis d'or|1704-O ''louis d'or aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1704-P louis d'or|1704-P ''louis d'or aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1704-& louis d'or|1704-& ''louis d'or aux insignes'']]
* [[France 1704-Pau louis d'or|1704 ''louis d'or aux insignes du Béarn'']]
* [[France 1704-M 2 louis d'or|1704-M ''double louis d'or aux insignes'']]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1704]]
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]

[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 163]][[Category: Gold coins of France]]

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 * [[France 1704-D ecu|1704-D ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]
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 * [[France 1704-X ecu|1704-X ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]
 * [[France 1704-& ecu|1704-& ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]

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-This specimen was lot 1870 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$1,848 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AV louis d'or aux insignes, 1704 AA, Metz. 4e réformation. D/ T. laurée à d., les cheveux courts. R/ Croix formée de quatre lis couronnés, brochant sur un sceptre et une main de justice. Rare.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XIV, 1643-1715, gold louis of the insignia of 1704, Metz mint, fourth reformation. Obverse: laureate head right with short hair; reverse: cross formed of four crowned L's, over a scepter and the hand of justice. Rare, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"</blockquote> This type is usually found struck over older coins, a process involving all silver and gold coinage during 1690-1709. These "reformations" were the result of financial manipulations too tedious to discuss here. The ''louis d'or aux insignes'', struck 1704-09, was preceded by the ''louis d'or aux 8 L'' struck 1700-04. Droulers<sup>[2]</sup> gives this date from the Metz mint a 33% premium over the common date (1704-A) but none are cheap.
+This specimen was lot 1870 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$1,848 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AV louis d'or aux insignes, 1704 AA, Metz. 4e réformation. D/ T. laurée à d., les cheveux courts. R/ Croix formée de quatre lis couronnés, brochant sur un sceptre et une main de justice. Rare.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XIV, 1643-1715, gold louis of the insignia of 1704, Metz mint, fourth reformation. Obverse: laureate head right with short hair; reverse: cross formed of four crowned lilies, over a scepter and the hand of justice. Rare, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"</blockquote> This type is usually found struck over older coins, a process involving all silver and gold coinage during 1690-1709. These "reformations" were the result of financial manipulations too tedious to discuss here. The ''louis d'or aux insignes'', struck 1704-09, was preceded by the ''louis d'or aux 8 L'' struck 1700-04. Droulers<sup>[2]</sup> gives this date from the Metz mint a 33% premium over the common date (1704-A) but none are cheap.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but all rf.