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LatinKing2020: Text replacement - " Dup-" to " Dupl-"
2025-10-27T16:31:50Z
<p>Text replacement - " Dup-" to " Dupl-"</p>
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2025-02-25T17:18:43Z
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LatinKing2020: added mintage
2023-08-18T01:15:59Z
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This specimen was lot 33577 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France]]: Louis XV gold 2 Louis d'Or 1759-BB AU Details (Obverse Scratched) NGC, Strasbourg mint. Even in light of the qualifier, a beautiful specimen wearing pondlike expanses that flash in hand, drawing the eye in to admire its skillfully rendered, yet slightly rubbed, devices. From the Mac and Rob Woodside Collection." This type was struck 1742-73 in some numbers but the Strasbourg mint issued this type 1742-49, 1756-64, 1766-72 only. Strasbourg's location near the border with Germany made it a major producer of this type struck for soldier's pay.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This specimen was lot 33577 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France]]: Louis XV gold 2 Louis d'Or 1759-BB AU Details (Obverse Scratched) NGC, Strasbourg mint. Even in light of the qualifier, a beautiful specimen wearing pondlike expanses that flash in hand, drawing the eye in to admire its skillfully rendered, yet slightly rubbed, devices. From the Mac and Rob Woodside Collection." This type was struck 1742-73 in some numbers but the Strasbourg mint issued this type 1742-49, 1756-64, 1766-72 only. Strasbourg's location near the border with Germany made it a major producer of this type struck for soldier's pay.</div></td></tr>
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LatinKing2020: Created page with "Heritage sale 3106, lot 33577 photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries This specimen was lot 33..."
2023-08-17T18:53:01Z
<p>Created page with "<a href="/index.php/File:H3106-33577o.jpg" title="File:H3106-33577o.jpg">300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3106, lot 33577</a> <a href="/index.php/File:H3106-33577r.jpg" title="File:H3106-33577r.jpg">300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries</a> This specimen was lot 33..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:H3106-33577o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3106, lot 33577]]<br />
[[Image:H3106-33577r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]<br />
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This specimen was lot 33577 in Heritage sale 3106 (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France]]: Louis XV gold 2 Louis d'Or 1759-BB AU Details (Obverse Scratched) NGC, Strasbourg mint. Even in light of the qualifier, a beautiful specimen wearing pondlike expanses that flash in hand, drawing the eye in to admire its skillfully rendered, yet slightly rubbed, devices. From the Mac and Rob Woodside Collection." This type was struck 1742-73 in some numbers but the Strasbourg mint issued this type 1742-49, 1756-64, 1766-72 only. Strasbourg's location near the border with Germany made it a major producer of this type struck for soldier's pay.<br />
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''Recorded mintage:'' limonite<sup>[2]</sup>.<br />
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''Specification:'' 16.31 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, designed by J.-C. Röettiers. <br />
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''Catalog reference:'' Dr/4 № 792a, Dr/2 № 542a, KM 519.4, Dup-1642, Fr-463, Gad-346. <br />
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br />
* <sup>[2]</sup>Droulers, Frédéric, ''Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition.'' Paris: AFPN, 2009.<br />
* Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition'', Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.<br />
* 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.<br />
* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.<br />
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. <br />
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ''2023 January 17 - 18 NYINC World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3106,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.<br />
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''Links to:''<br />
* [[France 1758-BB 2 louis d'or|1758-BB ''double louis d'or au bandeau'']]<br />
* [[France 1759-A 1/2 ecu|1759-A ''demi-écu au bandeau'']]<br />
* [[France 1759-W 1/2 ecu|1759-W ''demi-écu au bandeau'']]<br />
* [[France 1759-B ecu|1759-B ''écu au bandeau'']]<br />
* [[France 1759-R ecu|1759-R ''écu au bandeau'']]<br />
* [[France 1759-9 2 louis d'or|1759-9 ''double louis d'or au bandeau'']]<br />
* [[France 1760-BB 2 louis d'or|1760-BB ''double louis d'or au bandeau'']]<br />
* [[France 1760-9 2 louis d'or|1760-9 ''double louis d'or au bandeau'']]<br />
* [[France 1760-Pau 2 louis d'or|1760 ''double louis d'or au bandeau du Béarn'']]<br />
* [[Coins and currency dated 1759]]<br />
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] <br />
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