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Revision as of 14:19, 26 March 2021
This specimen was lot 1154 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €130 (about US$185 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR 20 sols aux insignes, 1707D, Lyon. D/ B. à d., cuirassé à l'antique. R/ Main de justice et sceptre en sautoir, entre trois lis et une couronne. Fines traces d'ajustage. Très Beau/Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, silver twenty sols of the insignia of 1707, Lyon mint. Obverse: armored bust to right; reverse: crossed scepters between three fleurs-de-lys and a crown. Fine adjustment marks, Very Fine/Extremely Fine.)"
Shown is a twenty sols aux insignes (twenty sous with insignia) struck at the Lyon mint in the last years of Louis XIV's reign. The type was struck 1707-08 in substantial numbers but the type is scarce today. When the coin was recalled in 1710 for melting, the government paid only 14 sols each for them. This is a fairly common date.
Recorded mintage: 710,417.
Specification: 6.11 g, .833 fine silver, 26-27 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roettiers, this specimen 6,16 g.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 705, Dr/2 no. 464, KM 376.4, Dupl-1565; Gad-164.
- 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, 4me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
Link to:
- 1707-A 10 sols aux insignes
- 1707-H 10 sols aux insignes
- 1707-A 20 sols aux insignes
- 1707-Pau 20 sols aux insignes
- 1707-BB 33 sols de Strasbourg
- 1707-A louis d'or aux insignes et aux cheveux longs
- 1708-A 20 sols aux insignes
- 1708-T 20 sols aux insignes
- 1708-9 20 sols aux insignes
- Coins and currency dated 1707
- return to French Royal coinage (to 1793)