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* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 4me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012. | * Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 4me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012. | ||
* Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition,'' Paris: Maison Platt, 1999. | * Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition,'' Paris: Maison Platt, 1999. | ||
| − | * <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, ''The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money,'' Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018. | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, ''The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2018. |
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Revision as of 21:43, 25 May 2021
This specimen was lot 42767 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu, 1784-A. Louis XVI (1774-92). PCGS MS-61 Gold Shield. Heavy adjustment marks on obverse with a moderate amount on the reverse. Lustrous with light tone." This specimen is an écu au buste habillé struck at the Rouen mint, one of a type struck there 1775-91. Its divisions were the half, 1/5, 1/10 and 1/20 écu, struck in modest quantities. The écu was worth $1.10 in the USA before the Civil War. The écu au buste habillé is the most popular coin of Louis XVI among collectors. This is a common date.
Recorded mintage: 4,791,411.
Specification: silver, 11 deniers (.917 fine), 8.3 pieces to the mark (29.488 g), face value 6 livres, 39 mm diameter. Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 883, Dr/2 no. 616, Dav-1333; KM-564.1; Gad-356.
- Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
- 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.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 4me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
Links to:
- 1784-AA dixième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1784-R cinquième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1784-A demi écu au buste habillé
- 1784-B écu au buste habillé
- 1784-I écu au buste habillé
- 1784-Pau écu au buste habillé
- 1784-A demi-louis d'or au buste habillé
- Coins and currency dated 1784
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)