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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
  
''Specification:'' 27.45 g, 0.917 fine silver, edge lettered "DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM", designed by Norbert Roëttiers.
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''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.
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* 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 la perruque'']]
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* [[France 1686-A ecu|1686-A ''écu au buste drapé à l'antique'']]
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* [[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'']]
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* [[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

Heritage sale 3064, lot 30747
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

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.

Source:

  • 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.

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