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This specimen is an ''écu au buste habillé'' struck at the Orléans mint, one of a type struck there 1775-91. Its divisions were the [[France 1789-A 1/2 ecu|½]], [[France 1789-A 1/5 ecu|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. The 1789-R is listed<sup>[1]</sup> about 60% higher than the most common date (1789-A) but it is not rare. This specimen was lot 26628 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $411.25. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "Louis XVI Ecu 1789-R, AU, quite appealing with mixed gray and purple coloration, while not uncommon, some peripherial striking mushiness is evident which resulted is numerous planchet striations (as-made) being left on the reverse."  
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This specimen is an ''écu au buste habillé'' struck at the Orléans mint, one of a type struck there 1775-91. Its divisions were the [[France 1789-A 1/2 ecu|½]], [[France 1789-A 1/5 ecu|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. The 1789-R is listed<sup>[1]</sup> about 60% higher than the most common date (1789-A) but it is not rare. This specimen was lot 26628 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $411.25. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "Louis XVI Ecu 1789-R, AU, quite appealing with mixed gray and purple coloration, while not uncommon, some peripheral striking mushiness is evident which resulted is numerous planchet striations (as-made) being left on the reverse."  
  
 
''Specifications for the Écu au bandeau'':
 
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* [[France 1789-Q ecu|1789-Q ''écu au buste habillé'']]
 
* [[France 1789-A louis d'or|1789-A ''louis d'or à la tête nue'']]
 
* [[France 1789-A louis d'or|1789-A ''louis d'or à la tête nue'']]
 
* [[France 1789-D louis d'or|1789-D ''louis d'or à la tête nue'']]
 
* [[France 1789-D louis d'or|1789-D ''louis d'or à la tête nue'']]

Revision as of 13:01, 12 September 2021

Heritage sale 3024, lot 26628
France 1789R ecu rev Heritage 3024-26628.jpg

This specimen is an écu au buste habillé struck at the Orléans mint, one of a type struck there 1775-91. Its divisions were the ½, 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. The 1789-R is listed[1] about 60% higher than the most common date (1789-A) but it is not rare. This specimen was lot 26628 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $411.25. The catalog description[2] noted, "Louis XVI Ecu 1789-R, AU, quite appealing with mixed gray and purple coloration, while not uncommon, some peripheral striking mushiness is evident which resulted is numerous planchet striations (as-made) being left on the reverse."

Specifications for the Écu au bandeau:

  • Obverse: LUD.XVI.D.G.FR ET NAV. REX. (for Pau, NA.RE. BD), king’s uniformed bust left, hair tied with a ribbon;
  • reverse: SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM (date), oval shield of France, crowned, between two olive branches tied with ribbon, mintmark below; edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM.
  • composition: 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.

Recorded mintage: 596,361[1].

Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 883, Dr/2 no. 616, Dav-1333, KM 564.14, Dupl-1708; Ci-2187; Gad-356.

Sources:

  • [1]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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [2]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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