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| − | [[Image:France 1774BB | + | [[Image:France 1774BB 1-5 ecu obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]] |
| − | [[Image:France 1774BB | + | [[Image:France 1774BB 1-5 ecu rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb]] |
| + | [[Image:SB925-74743o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74743]] | ||
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| − | This coin, called a ''cinquième d'écu à la vieille tête'', was the [[France|French]] equivalent of a twenty cent piece. In the coinage system of the ''ancien régime'', the ''cinquième d'écu'' = 24 sols. The type was struck 1771-74 and is recorded for the Paris ("A"), Bayonne ("L") and Strasbourg ("BB") mints. A closely related and much rarer type is the Pau mint issue of 1773-74 (Dr/4 | + | This coin, called a ''cinquième d'écu à la vieille tête'', was the [[France|French]] equivalent of a twenty cent piece. In the coinage system of the ''ancien régime'', the ''cinquième d'écu'' = 24 sols. The type was struck 1771-74 and is recorded for the Paris ("A"), Bayonne ("L") and Strasbourg ("BB") mints. A closely related and much rarer type is the Pau mint issue of 1773-74 (Dr/4 № 842a). The first specimen shown has a solder mark at the bottom of the obverse. The second specimen was lot 74743 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $384. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France|FRANCE]]. 1/5 Ecu (24 Sols), 1774-BB. Strasbourg Mint. Louis XV. PCGS AU-58. From the Richard August Collection. Ex: Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc. (6/2004) Lot # 12885." |
''Recorded mintage:'' 23,481. It is the commonest date of a rare type. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 23,481. It is the commonest date of a rare type. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 5.9 g, .917 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, reeded edge. | + | ''Specification:'' 5.9 g, 0.917 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, reeded edge. |
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' Dr/2 | + | ''Catalog reference:'' Dr/2 № 592, Dr/4 № 842, KM 553.2; Gad-300; Dup-1687. |
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
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* Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition'', Paris: Maison Platt, 1999. | * 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. | * Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018. | ||
| + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection'', Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025. | ||
''Link to:'' | ''Link to:'' | ||
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* [[France 1774-M ecu|1774-M ''écu à la vieille tête'']] | * [[France 1774-M ecu|1774-M ''écu à la vieille tête'']] | ||
* [[France 1774-W ecu|1774-W ''écu à la vieille tête'']] | * [[France 1774-W ecu|1774-W ''écu à la vieille tête'']] | ||
| − | * [[France 1774-Pau ecu|1774 | + | * [[France 1774-Pau ecu|1774 ''écu à la vieille tête du Béarn'']] |
| + | * [[France 1774-A ecu Dav-1333|1774-A ''écu au buste habillé'']] | ||
* [[France 1774-A louis d'or Fr-467|1774-A ''louis d'or à la vieille tête'', Louis XV]] | * [[France 1774-A louis d'or Fr-467|1774-A ''louis d'or à la vieille tête'', Louis XV]] | ||
* [[France 1774-A louis d'or Fr-469|1774-A ''louis d'or aux palmes'']] | * [[France 1774-A louis d'or Fr-469|1774-A ''louis d'or aux palmes'']] | ||
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* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] | * return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] | ||
| − | [[Category: Silver minors of France]][[Category: Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]] | + | [[Category: Silver minors of France]][[Category: Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]] |
Latest revision as of 20:59, 20 October 2025
This coin, called a cinquième d'écu à la vieille tête, was the French equivalent of a twenty cent piece. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the cinquième d'écu = 24 sols. The type was struck 1771-74 and is recorded for the Paris ("A"), Bayonne ("L") and Strasbourg ("BB") mints. A closely related and much rarer type is the Pau mint issue of 1773-74 (Dr/4 № 842a). The first specimen shown has a solder mark at the bottom of the obverse. The second specimen was lot 74743 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/5 Ecu (24 Sols), 1774-BB. Strasbourg Mint. Louis XV. PCGS AU-58. From the Richard August Collection. Ex: Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc. (6/2004) Lot # 12885."
Recorded mintage: 23,481. It is the commonest date of a rare type.
Specification: 5.9 g, 0.917 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: Dr/2 № 592, Dr/4 № 842, KM 553.2; Gad-300; Dup-1687.
- 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.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
Link to:
- 1763-A cinquième d'écu au bandeau
- 1774-AA sol à la vieille tête
- 1774-BB sol à la vieille tête
- 1774-A demi écu au buste habillé
- 1774-L demi-écu à la vieille tête
- 1774-B écu à la vieille tête
- 1774-D écu à la vieille tête
- 1774-L écu à la vieille tête
- 1774-M écu à la vieille tête
- 1774-W écu à la vieille tête
- 1774 écu à la vieille tête du Béarn
- 1774-A écu au buste habillé
- 1774-A louis d'or à la vieille tête, Louis XV
- 1774-A louis d'or aux palmes
- 1774-A louis d'or au buste habillé, Louis XVI
- 1774-& louis d'or au bandeau
- 1774 double louis d'or à la vieille tête du Béarn
- Coins and currency dated 1774
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)