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''Specification:'' silver, 11 deniers (.917 fine), 41.5 pieces to the mark (5.83 g), face value 24 sols, 26-27 mm diameter. Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier. | ''Specification:'' silver, 11 deniers (.917 fine), 41.5 pieces to the mark (5.83 g), face value 24 sols, 26-27 mm diameter. Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier. | ||
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Revision as of 14:15, 6 June 2023
This specimen is an cinquième d'écu au buste habillé struck at the La Rochelle mint, one of a type struck there for France in 1788 only. The first specimen was lot 1509 in CGB sale 31 (Paris, June 2007) and is counted as a better date. The other mints for 1787 are Limoges ("I"), Toulouse ("M"), Marseille ("MA") and Lille ("W"). It was demonetized in 1804, unlike the écu and demi-écu, which were demonetized in 1834. The shorter period of circulation means more high grade survivors exist despite the small mintages.
Recorded mintage: 20,789[1].
Specification: silver, 11 deniers (.917 fine), 41.5 pieces to the mark (5.83 g), face value 24 sols, 26-27 mm diameter. Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 886, Dr/2 № 619, KM 569.4.
- [1]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.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
Link to:
- 1787-N cinquième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1788-D liard à l'écu
- 1788-T ½ sol
- 1788-K sol
- 1788-H dixième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1788-MA dixième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1788-I écu au buste habillé
- 1788-L écu au buste habillé
- 1788-M écu au buste habillé
- 1788-W écu au buste habillé
- 1788-Pau écu au buste habillé
- 1788-A louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1788-D louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1789-A cinquième d'écu au buste habillé
- Coins and currency dated 1788
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)