France 1690-B 2 louis d'or

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Künker Auction 439, lot 2060

This specimen was lot 2060 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €7,500 (about US$10,318 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH Louis XIV, 1643-1715. Double louis d'or à l'écu 1690 B, Rouen. Réformation. Kopf r. mit Lorbeerkranz//Gekröntes Wappen, oben Münzstättensignatur B, darunter Halbmond (unbekannter Münzmeister). GOLD. RR Sehr attraktives Exemplar mit hübscher Goldtönung, vorzüglich. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, double louis d'or of the shield of 1690, Rouen mint, reformed. Obverse: laureate head; reverse: crowned arms with mintmark, crescent moon below. Very rare, very attractive example with handsome gold toning, extremely fine.)"

This double louis d'or à l'écu was the first double Louis to be struck since the double louis d'or à la mèche longue issued in the 1650's. This date is better for the type but the type as a whole is scarce to rare. While edge reeding was introduced to the French mints about 1687, this is the first series to use it on a routine basis.

Recorded mintage: unknown but all rf, a better date of a rare type[2].

Specification: 13.50 g, 0.917 fine gold, 28-30 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 13,43 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 398, KM 280.2, Duplessy 1434 A; Fr-428; Gadoury 259.

Sources:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [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.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

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