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Revision as of 08:50, 2 April 2024
This specimen was lot 624 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 21 (Winter Park, FL, May 2017), where it sold for $164.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "France (Paris mint), ecu, Louis XV, 1727-A. Corrosion-free AVF with toning all over (dark patches in middle). With original (generic) certificate from the salvagers. Recovered from: Auguste, sunk in 1761 off Nova Scotia, Canada." This coin is an écu aux branches d'olivier from the Paris mint. Like most Paris mint issues, this one is common. The type was struck 1726-40 during the reign of Louis XV of France. This coin was part of the great coinage reform of Cardinal Fleury which finally terminated the manipulations which had disrupted the economy since the 1690's.
Recorded mintage: 1,926,075[2].
Specification: 29.49 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39-41 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers, this specimen is 28.51 grams.
Catalog reference: C.2117, L.684, Dr/4 № 819, Dr/2 № 579, Gad-321, Dav-1330, KM-486.1.
- Clairand, Armand, Monnaies de Louis XV, Le temps de la Stabilité Monetaire, 1726-1774, Paris: Maison Platt, 1996.
- [2]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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- 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.
- George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel F., Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction #21, featuring Selections from the Richard Stuart Collection, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick, LLC, 2017.
Link to:
- 1726-A écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727 seize deniers des mines de France
- 1727-Z vingtième d'écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-& vingtième d'écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-& demi-écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-AA écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-B écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-D écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-C écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-E écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-H écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-N écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-T écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-Y écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-C demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-G demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-I demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-A louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-AA louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-B louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-C louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-N louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-P louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-& louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-Pau louis d'or aux lunettes
- Coins and currency dated 1727
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)