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''Specification:'' 7.64 g, 0.917 fine gold, 24 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 7,63 g.  
 
''Specification:'' 7.64 g, 0.917 fine gold, 24 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 7,63 g.  
  
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''Catalog reference:'' Fr-475, KM 591.15, Dr/4 № 881, Dr/2 № 605, Dupl. 1707; Gad. 361.  
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''Catalog reference:'' Fr-475, KM 591.15, Dr/4 № 881, Dr/2 № 605, Dupl. 1707; Gad-361.  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:55, 27 June 2025

Jean Elsen sale 161, lot 1229
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This specimen was lot 1229 in Jean Elsen sale 161 (Brussels, March 2025), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,042 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XVI (1774-1793), AV louis d'or à la tête nue, 1787 W, Lille. D/ T. nue à g., les cheveux longs. R/ Écus accolés de France et de Navarre sous une couronne. Deuxième semestre. Provient du trésor de Vendée, vente Vinchon, Paris, 30 novembre 1993, 537. (kingdom of France, Louis XVI, 1774-93, gold louis of the bare head of 1787, Lille mint. Obverse: bare head left, with long hair; reverse: accolated arms of France and Navarre under a crown. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"

This louis d'or à la tête nue is the most common gold coin of the French ancien régime, created when the louis d'or was lowered from 8.16 g to 7.65 g. The years 1786-87 are common as the mints melted down and reminted old tenor gold, but the later dates (1788-92) are much scarcer. This date from Lille is fairly common.

Recorded mintage: 304,000[2].

Specification: 7.64 g, 0.917 fine gold, 24 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 7,63 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-475, KM 591.15, Dr/4 № 881, Dr/2 № 605, Dupl. 1707; Gad-361.

Source:

  • [2]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.
  • 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.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 161, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.

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