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Revision as of 13:33, 2 October 2025
This specimen was lot 1169 in Jean Elsen sale 114 (Brussels, September 2012) where it sold for €250 (about US$386 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[2] noted,
"FRANCE ROYALE, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR écu aux palmes, 1695 E, Tours. 2e réformation. Droit: B. à droite, cuirassé à l'antique. Revers: Ecu de France rond, couronné, entre deux palmes. Très Beau. (France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, silver écu of the palms of 1695, Tours mint, second reform. Obverse: armored bust to right; reverse: crowned round shield of France, surrounded by two palm branches. Very fine.)"
This type was struck 1693-1701 in large quantities, mostly overstriking older écus ("flans reformés"--see the specimen shown for the visible undertype). It was succeeded by the écu aux insignes. Droulers[1] prices this date about 60% more than the common date, but even a common date is priced 20% higher than an écu à la mèche longue.
Reported Mintage: unknown but noted as "R2" in Gadoury with all known specimens struck on reformed blanks.
Specification: 27.45 g, 0.917 fine silver, 38-41 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVVM FAC REGEM, this specimen 27,31 g.
Catalog reference: Dupl., 1520A; Ci., 1894; Gad-217, Dr/4 № 510, Dr/2 № 410, Dav-3813, KM 298.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- [1]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
- [2]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 114, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2012.
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- 1694-W écu de Flandre aux palmes
- 1694-W écu aux palmes
- 1694-X écu aux palmes
- 1695-9 demi-écu aux palmes
- 1695-AA douzième d'écu aux palmes
- 1695-W huitième d'écu de Flandre aux palmes
- 1695-A quart d'écu aux palmes
- 1695-X quart d'écu aux palmes
- 1695-A demi-écu aux palmes
- 1695-H demi-écu aux palmes
- 1695-N demi-écu aux palmes
- 1695-W demi-écu de Flandre aux palmes
- 1695-X demi-écu aux palmes
- 1695-BB 35 sols de Strasbourg aux palmes
- 1695-A écu aux palmes
- 1695-C écu aux palmes
- 1695-D écu aux palmes
- 1695-T écu aux palmes
- 1695-W écu de Flandre aux palmes
- 1695-A demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-D demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-N demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-P demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-W demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-A louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1695-AA louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-B louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1695-E louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1695-P louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-T louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-W louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-V louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-BB double louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-M double louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1696-X écu aux palmes
- Coins and currency dated 1695
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)