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''Specification:'' 13.72 g, .917 fine silver, 31-32 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Jean Warin.
 
''Specification:'' 13.72 g, .917 fine silver, 31-32 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Jean Warin.
  
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''Catalog reference:'' Dr/4 no. 527, Dr/2 no. 301.
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''Catalog reference:'' Dr/4 no. 527, Dr/2 № 301.
  
 
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Revision as of 21:48, 5 June 2023

from CGB sale 31, lot 1289
from CGB sale 31, lot 1290
from CGB sale 31, lot 1292

The specimens shown are demi-écu à la mèche longue struck at Rennes during the reign of Louis XIV of France. They were lots 1289, 1290 and 1292 in CGB sale 31 (Paris, June 2007). Droulers[1] prices this date about 40% higher than the 1655-A but the type as a whole is common.

Recorded mintage: 162,093[1].

Specification: 13.72 g, .917 fine silver, 31-32 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Jean Warin.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 527, Dr/2 № 301.

Source:

  • [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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.

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