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[[Image:JE157-0985.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 157, lot 985]] | [[Image:JE157-0985.jpg|550px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 157, lot 985]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 985 in Jean Elsen sale 157 (Brussels, December 2023), where it sold for €460 (about US$593 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AV louis d'or aux lunettes, 1729 &, Aix. D/ B. drapé à g., tête nue. R/ Ecus ovales de France et de Navarre sous une couronne. Traces d'ajustage. Très Beau.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XV, 1715-74, gold louis of the spectacles of 1729, Aix mint. Obverse | + | This specimen was lot 985 in Jean Elsen sale 157 (Brussels, December 2023), where it sold for €460 (about US$593 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AV louis d'or aux lunettes, 1729 &, Aix. D/ B. drapé à g., tête nue. R/ Ecus ovales de France et de Navarre sous une couronne. Traces d'ajustage. Très Beau.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XV, 1715-74, gold louis of the spectacles of 1729, Aix mint. Obverse: draped bst left with bare head; reverse: oval arms of France and Navarre below a crown. Adjustment marks, Very Fine.)"</blockquote> This louis d'or aux lunettes is recorded for 1726-40 and is among the more common gold coins of the French ''ancien régime''. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 57,000. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 57,000. | ||
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''Specification:'' 8.16 g, 0.917 fine gold, 20 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers, this specimen 8,17 g. | ''Specification:'' 8.16 g, 0.917 fine gold, 20 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers, this specimen 8,17 g. | ||
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' Dr/4 № 800, Dr/2 № 540, Fr-461, KM 489.27, Dupl | + | ''Catalog reference:'' Dr/4 № 800, Dr/2 № 540, Fr-461, KM 489.27, Dupl-1640; Gad-340. |
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* [[France 1729-A louis d'or|1729-A ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | * [[France 1729-A louis d'or|1729-A ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | ||
* [[France 1729-AA louis d'or|1729-AA ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | * [[France 1729-AA louis d'or|1729-AA ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1729-I louis d'or|1729-I ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | ||
* [[France 1729-K louis d'or|1729-K ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | * [[France 1729-K louis d'or|1729-K ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | ||
* [[France 1729-M louis d'or|1729-M ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | * [[France 1729-M louis d'or|1729-M ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:11, 7 July 2025
This specimen was lot 985 in Jean Elsen sale 157 (Brussels, December 2023), where it sold for €460 (about US$593 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AV louis d'or aux lunettes, 1729 &, Aix. D/ B. drapé à g., tête nue. R/ Ecus ovales de France et de Navarre sous une couronne. Traces d'ajustage. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, gold louis of the spectacles of 1729, Aix mint. Obverse: draped bst left with bare head; reverse: oval arms of France and Navarre below a crown. Adjustment marks, Very Fine.)"
This louis d'or aux lunettes is recorded for 1726-40 and is among the more common gold coins of the French ancien régime.
Recorded mintage: 57,000.
Specification: 8.16 g, 0.917 fine gold, 20 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers, this specimen 8,17 g.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 800, Dr/2 № 540, Fr-461, KM 489.27, Dupl-1640; Gad-340.
- [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 157, Collection J.-C. Martiny, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.
Link to:
- 1728-AA louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1728-BB louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1729-W vingtième d'écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1729-9 vingtième d'écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1729-ϽC dixième d'écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1729-A cinquième d'ecu aux branches d'olivier
- 1729-W demi-écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1729-X demi-écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1729-Y demi-écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1729-A écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1729-D écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1729-W écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1729-& écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1729-ϽC demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1729-L demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1729-A louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1729-AA louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1729-I louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1729-K louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1729-M louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1729-Q louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1729-T louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1730-W louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1730-Y louis d'or aux lunettes
- Coins and currency dated 1729
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)