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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php/File:JE164-1841o.jpg" title="File:JE164-1841o.jpg">300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 164, lot 1841</a> <a href="/index.php/File:JE164-1841r.jpg" title="File:JE164-1841r.jpg">300px|thumb</a> This specimen was lot 1841 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:JE164-1841o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 164, lot 1841]]<br /> [[Image:JE164-1841r.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> 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&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;''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.)&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt; Perpignan was the capital of the county of Roussillon. This type was issued 1644-54 during the [[Coinage of Catalonia|War of the Reapers]]. A variety exists with a reversed &quot;2&quot; (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 &quot;Q&quot;, until 1837.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.<br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' copper, this specimen 2,88 g. <br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' KM 12.1, [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-7002]], Dupl. 1609. <br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.<br /> * 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.<br /> * 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 &amp; Calicó, 2019.<br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;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.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Agramunt 1643 dinero]] struck for Louis XIII<br /> * [[Cervera (1643) dinero]]<br /> * [[Catalonia 1644 5 reales]] Barcelona mint, bust of Louis XIV<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1644]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 164]]</div>

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