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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 27.45 g, 0.917 fine silver, edge lettered "DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM" | + | ''Specification:'' 27.45 g, 0.917 fine silver, edge lettered "DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM". |
''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3809]], Gad-214, Dr/4 № 500, Dr/2 № 390B, KM 255.7. | ''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3809]], Gad-214, Dr/4 № 500, Dr/2 № 390B, KM 255.7. | ||
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* Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1974. | * Davenport, John S., ''European Crowns, 1600-1700,'' Galesburg, IL, 1974. | ||
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018. | * <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018. | ||
| + | * George Sobin, Jr., ''The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973.'' Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974. | ||
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| − | * [[France 1686-A ecu|1686-A ''écu à | + | * [[France 1686-A ecu|1686-A ''écu au buste drapé à l'antique'']] |
| + | * [[France 1686-9 ecu|1686-9 ''écu au buste drapé à l'antique'']] | ||
* [[France 1687-L 1/16 ecu|1687-L ''seizième d'écu de Flandre'']] | * [[France 1687-L 1/16 ecu|1687-L ''seizième d'écu de Flandre'']] | ||
* [[France 1687-L 1/8 ecu|1687-L ''huitième d'écu de Flandre,'' Lille mint]] | * [[France 1687-L 1/8 ecu|1687-L ''huitième d'écu de Flandre,'' Lille mint]] | ||
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* [[France 1687-L 1/2 ecu|1687-L ''demi-écu de Flandre'']] | * [[France 1687-L 1/2 ecu|1687-L ''demi-écu de Flandre'']] | ||
* [[France 1687-A ecu|1687-A ''écu à la perruque'']] | * [[France 1687-A ecu|1687-A ''écu à la perruque'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1687-A louis d'or|1687-A ''louis d'or à la perruque'']] | ||
* [[France 1687-D louis d'or|1687-D ''louis d'or à la perruque'']] | * [[France 1687-D louis d'or|1687-D ''louis d'or à la perruque'']] | ||
* [[France 1689-A ecu|1689-A ''écu à la perruque'']] | * [[France 1689-A ecu|1689-A ''écu à la perruque'']] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:36, 24 October 2025
This specimen was lot 30747 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $2,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "Louis XIV Ecu 1687-(9) VF Details (Surface Hairlines) NGC, Rennes mint. Though exhibiting some scattered hairlines, this rarer mint type is seldom encountered in any state of preservation, making the present example a cut above. A deeper cabinet tone further adds to its charm and desirability." This type is listed in Gadoury as the écu à la perruque ("écu of the wig") and in Droulers as the écu drapé à l'antique. Struck 1684-89 from only a few mints and nearly completely restruck in the ensuing reformations, this is one of the rarest of French coin types. Half écus (Gad-181) also exist but are even rarer.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.45 g, 0.917 fine silver, edge lettered "DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM".
Catalog reference: Dav-3809, Gad-214, Dr/4 № 500, Dr/2 № 390B, KM 255.7.
- 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.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
- George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
Link to:
- 1686-A écu au buste drapé à l'antique
- 1686-9 écu au buste drapé à l'antique
- 1687-L seizième d'écu de Flandre
- 1687-L huitième d'écu de Flandre, Lille mint
- 1687-D demi-écu à la perruque
- 1687-L demi-écu de Flandre
- 1687-A écu à la perruque
- 1687-A louis d'or à la perruque
- 1687-D louis d'or à la perruque
- 1689-A écu à la perruque
- 1690-S écu aux 8 L
- Coins and currency dated 1687
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)