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Revision as of 13:47, 15 July 2022

Jean Elsen sale 150, lot 1394

This specimen was lot 1394 in Jean Elsen sale 150 (Brussels, March 2022), where it sold for €1,000 (about US$1,326 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XVI (1774-1793), AV double louis d'or à la tête nue, 1789AA, Metz. D/ T. nue à g., les cheveux longs. R/ Ecus accolés de France et de Navarre sous une couronne. Rare Petit défaut de flan sur la tranche. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XVI, 1774-93, gold double louis of the bare head of 1789, Metz mint. Obverse: bare head left with long hair; reverse: accolated arms of France and Navarre under a crown. Rare, small edge defect, Very Fine.)"

This is a fairly common double louis d'or à la tête nue from the Metz mint. 1786 is the peak year of issue for this type, with the Paris mint leading eleven mints with 2,641,702 examples. The years 1786-87 are common as the mints melted down and reminted old tenor gold, but the later dates (1788-92) are much scarcer. The Metz mint closed in 1800.

Recorded mintage: 35,862[2], a somewhat better date.

Specification: 15.29 g, .917 fine gold, 28 mm diameter, .451 troy oz AGW, designed by Benjamin Duvivier; this specimen 15,24 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-474; Dr/4 no. 877, Dupl. 1706; Gad-363.

Source:

  • [2]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.
  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 150: Collection J.F.L. Blankenberg, Monnaies de l'Orient Latin, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.

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