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[[Image:France JE137-0962.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 962]] | [[Image:France JE137-0962.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 137, lot 962]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 962 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €60 (about US$84 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIII (1610-1643), Cu double tournois, 1616R, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. 1er type. D/ B. enfantin à d., l. et cuir., au col plat. R/ Trois lis dans le champ. Très Beau.'' (kingdom of France, Louis XIII, 1610-43, copper double tournois of 1616, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon mint, first type. Obverse: armored, laureate infant bust to right in flat collar; reverse: three fleurs-de-lys in the field. Very fine.)"</blockquote> This ''double tournois à grosse | + | This specimen was lot 962 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €60 (about US$84 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIII (1610-1643), Cu double tournois, 1616R, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. 1er type. D/ B. enfantin à d., l. et cuir., au col plat. R/ Trois lis dans le champ. Très Beau.'' (kingdom of France, Louis XIII, 1610-43, copper double tournois of 1616, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon mint, first type. Obverse: armored, laureate infant bust to right in flat collar; reverse: three fleurs-de-lys in the field. Very fine.)"</blockquote> This ''double tournois à grosse tête adolescente'' is a fairly common date. The mintmark is on the obverse. |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
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* [[France 1615-X double tournois|1615-X double tournois]] | * [[France 1615-X double tournois|1615-X double tournois]] | ||
* [[France 1616-A denier tournois|1616-A denier tournois]] | * [[France 1616-A denier tournois|1616-A denier tournois]] | ||
| − | * [[France 1616-X denier tournois|1616-X denier tournois au petit bust adolescent au col plat'']] | + | * [[France 1616-X denier tournois|1616-X ''denier tournois au petit bust adolescent au col plat'']] |
* [[France 1616-A double tournois|1616-A double tournois]] | * [[France 1616-A double tournois|1616-A double tournois]] | ||
* [[France 1616-StP M 1/4 ecu|1616 ''quart d'écu de Navarre'', St-Palais mint]] | * [[France 1616-StP M 1/4 ecu|1616 ''quart d'écu de Navarre'', St-Palais mint]] | ||
* [[France 1616-A ecu d'or|1616-A ''écu d'or au soleil'']] | * [[France 1616-A ecu d'or|1616-A ''écu d'or au soleil'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1616-D ecu d'or|1616-D ''écu d'or au soleil'']] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1616]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1616]] | ||
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] | * return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] | ||
[[Category:Base metal coinage of France]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 137]] | [[Category:Base metal coinage of France]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 137]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:06, 1 September 2024
This specimen was lot 962 in Jean Elsen sale 137 (Brussels, June 2018), where it sold for €60 (about US$84 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIII (1610-1643), Cu double tournois, 1616R, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. 1er type. D/ B. enfantin à d., l. et cuir., au col plat. R/ Trois lis dans le champ. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XIII, 1610-43, copper double tournois of 1616, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon mint, first type. Obverse: armored, laureate infant bust to right in flat collar; reverse: three fleurs-de-lys in the field. Very fine.)"
This double tournois à grosse tête adolescente is a fairly common date. The mintmark is on the obverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.13 g, copper, this specimen 3,19 g.
Catalog reference: Dupl-1358A; CGKL 480, Dr/4 № 207, Gad-5.
- Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 137, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2018.
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