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Revision as of 16:05, 26 March 2021
This specimen was lot 1253 in Jean Elsen sale 120 (Brussels, March 2014), where it sold for €500 (about US$822 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR écu aux trois couronnes, 1079 & (sic), Aix. Droit: B. cuirassé à droite. Revers: Trois couronnes posées en triangle, séparées par trois lis. Très Rare. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV (1643-1715), silver écu of the three crowns of 1079 (sic), Aix mint. Obverse: armored bust to right; reverse: three crowns in a triangle, separated by three lilies. Very rare, very fine.)"
Shown is a écu aux trois couronnes (écu with three crowns) struck at the Aix mint for France in the last years of Louis XIV's reign. This is last type of écu struck during the Sun King's life. The type was struck 1709-15 in substantial numbers. There are also 1/10, 1/4 and 1/2 écus struck during this period with this design. This date is common but the "1079" error is rare and unusual.
Recorded mintage: est. 900,000.
Specification: 30.59 g, .917 fine silver, edge lettered "DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM", designed by Norbert Roëttiers.
Catalog reference: Dupl-1568; Ci-1937; Gad-222. Dr/4 no. 524, Dr/2 no. 450, Dav-1324, KM 386.18.
- [1]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.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
Link to:
- 1705-A écu aux 8 L
- 1706-AA 10 sols
- 1709-A quart d'écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-S quart d'écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-D demi-écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-BB 44 sols de Strasbourg
- 1709-A écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-B écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-D écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-E écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-L écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-T écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-V écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-X écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-9 écu aux trois couronnes
- 1709-A demi-louis d'or au soleil
- 1709-ϽC louis d'or au soleil
- 1709-D louis d'or au soleil
- 1710-A demi-écu aux trois couronnes
- 1710-ϽC écu aux trois couronnes
- 1710-D écu aux trois couronnes
- Coins and currency dated 1709
- return to French Royal coinage (to 1793)