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''Specification:'' 15.29 g, .917 fine gold, 28 mm diameter, .451 troy oz AGW, designed by Benjamin Duvivier. | ''Specification:'' 15.29 g, .917 fine gold, 28 mm diameter, .451 troy oz AGW, designed by Benjamin Duvivier. | ||
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Revision as of 10:55, 7 June 2023
This specimen was lot 33608 in Heritage sale 3098 (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $4,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "France: Louis XVI gold 2 Louis d'Or 1788-K MS64 NGC, Bordeaux mint. A semi-Prooflike and wholly radiant offering of the type, expressing a quality of preservation much above average, and certified in tied second-finest status across the grading services to date. A minute die crack meanders the lower obverse periphery, bestowing this near-gem example with additional character." This is a common double louis d'or à la tête nue from the Lille 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 French mints melted down and reminted old tenor gold, but the later dates (1788-92) are much scarcer. Droulers states that the mintage was fraudulently underreported and that the actual mintage was likely around 425,000. This also applies to the 1789-K and 1790-K.
Recorded mintage: 18,043.
Specification: 15.29 g, .917 fine gold, 28 mm diameter, .451 troy oz AGW, designed by Benjamin Duvivier.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 877, Dr/2 № 604, Duplessy 1706; Fr-474, KM 592.8, Gad-363.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, NYINC World Coins Signature Auction 3098, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
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- 1787-AA double louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1787-D double louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1787-I double louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1787-K double louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1788-D liard à l'écu
- 1788-T ½ sol à l'écu
- 1788-K sol à l'écu
- 1788-H dixième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1788-MA dixième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1788-H cinquième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1788-A demi-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
- 1788-W louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1788-AA double louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1789-AA double louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1789-K double louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1789-T double louis d'or à la tête nue
- 1789-W double louis d'or à la tête nue
- Coins and currency dated 1788
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)