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''Specification:'' 3.37 g, .917 fine gold, 20-21 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Joseph Roëttiers, this specimen 3,33 g. | ''Specification:'' 3.37 g, .917 fine gold, 20-21 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Joseph Roëttiers, this specimen 3,33 g. | ||
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' Dr/4 | + | ''Catalog reference:'' Dr/4 № 418 (unlisted date), Dr/2 № 262, Fr-430, Dupl-1436A; Gad-239 (unlisted date); L4L 244 (unlisted date). |
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Revision as of 21:10, 6 June 2023
This specimen was lot 1140 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €1,200 (about US$1,710 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AV demi-louis d'or à l'écu, 1693I, Limoges. 1e réformation. D/ T. vieillie à d., coiffée d'une perruque laurée. R/ Ecu de France couronné. De la plus haute rareté Réformé sur un demi-louis d'or au buste juvénile de Paris. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, gold half louis of the shield of 1693, Limoges mint, first reformation. obverse: laureate, peruked old head to right; reverse: crowned arms of France. Extremely rare, struck over a half louis juvenile of the Paris mint. Very Fine.)"
This type, known as a demi-louis d'or à l'écu, was struck 1690-93, mostly over older coins. Many mints contributed but all in small quantities and the type is rare today. This is a previously unconfirmed date. The Limoges mint is recorded as having struck a few demi-louis d'or aux 4 L in 1693.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.37 g, .917 fine gold, 20-21 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Joseph Roëttiers, this specimen 3,33 g.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 418 (unlisted date), Dr/2 № 262, Fr-430, Dupl-1436A; Gad-239 (unlisted date); L4L 244 (unlisted date).
- 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.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
Link to:
- 1692-G demi-louis d'or à l'écu
- 1693-L liard au buste agé
- France 1693-A 15 deniers = quinzain
- 1693-M 15 deniers (= quinzain), Metz mint
- 1693-A quart d'écu aux palmes
- 1693-A demi-écu aux palmes
- 1693-B demi-écu aux palmes
- 1693-N demi-écu aux palmes
- 1693-S demi-écu aux palmes, Reims mint
- 1693-W demi-écu aux palmes
- 1693-W demi-écu de Flandre aux palmes
- 1693-A écu aux palmes
- 1693-E écu aux palmes
- 1693-K écu aux 8 L
- 1693-P écu aux palmes
- 1693-X écu aux palmes
- 1693-Y écu aux 8 L
- 1693-X demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1693-D louis d'or à l'écu
- 1693-A louis d'or à l'écu
- 1693-A louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1693-AA louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1693-K louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1693-T louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1693-W louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1693-A double louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1693-B double louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1693-M double louis d'or à l'écu, Metz mint
- 1693-9 double louis d'or à l'écu
- 1694-AA demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1694-V demi-louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1694-W demi-louis d'or aux 4 L
- Coins and currency dated 1693
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)