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''Specification:'' 2.3 g, pure copper, 20 mm diameter, designed by Joseph Roëttiers.
 
''Specification:'' 2.3 g, pure copper, 20 mm diameter, designed by Joseph Roëttiers.
  
''Catalog reference:'' Dr/2 no. 524, Dr/4 no. 787, Gad-72.
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''Catalog reference:'' Dr/2 524, Dr/4 787, Gad-72.
  
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Droulers, Frédéric, ''Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition,''  Paris: AFPN, 2009.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.
 
* 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, 4me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012.  
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* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.  
 
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.  
  
 
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* [[France 1699-BB 2 deniers]]
 
* [[France 1699-BB 2 deniers]]
* [[France 1708-9 20 sols]] ''aux insignes''
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* [[France 1707-BB 4 deniers|1707-BB ''quatre deniers de Strasbourg'']]
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* [[Lille 1708 20 sols]] siege issue
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* [[France 1708-A 20 sols|1708-A 20 ''sols aux insignes'']]
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* [[France 1708-T 20 sols|1708-T 20 ''sols aux insignes'']]
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* [[France 1708-9 20 sols|1708-9 20 ''sols aux insignes'']]
 
* [[France 1708-H ecu|1708-H ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]
 
* [[France 1708-H ecu|1708-H ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]
 
* [[France 1708-T ecu|1708-T ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]
 
* [[France 1708-T ecu|1708-T ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]
 
* [[France 1708-9 ecu|1708-9 ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]
 
* [[France 1708-9 ecu|1708-9 ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'']]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1708]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1708]]
* return to [[French Royal coinage (to 1793)]]
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* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]
  
 
[[Category: Base metal coinage of France]][[Category: Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
 
[[Category: Base metal coinage of France]][[Category: Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]

Latest revision as of 10:54, 24 October 2025

from the Mountain Groan Collection
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This diminutive coin, called a deux deniers de Strasbourg, was nearly the smallest coin issued during the French ancien régime. The date is common for the type, which was struck only at Strasbourg 1696-1700 and 1707-1708. Numerous varieties of obverse legend are reported. Droulers[1] notes that it circulated in Alsace as a heller.

Recorded mintage: 1,985,509.

Specification: 2.3 g, pure copper, 20 mm diameter, designed by Joseph Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/2 № 524, Dr/4 № 787, Gad-72.

Source:

  • [1]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.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.

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