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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"; this specimen 27.41 g. |
''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3809]], Gad-214, Dr/4 № 500, Dr/2 № 390B, KM 255.1. | ''Catalog reference:'' [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-3809]], Gad-214, Dr/4 № 500, Dr/2 № 390B, KM 255.1. | ||
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* [[France 1687-9 ecu|1687-9 ''écu à la perruque'']] | * [[France 1687-9 ecu|1687-9 ''écu à la perruque'']] | ||
* [[France 1688-L 1/4 ecu|1688-L ''quart d'écu de Flandre'']] | * [[France 1688-L 1/4 ecu|1688-L ''quart d'écu de Flandre'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1689 30 sols|1689 ''XXX sols de Strasbourg'']] | ||
* [[France 1689-D 1/2 ecu|1689-D ''demi-écu au buste drapé à l'antique'']] | * [[France 1689-D 1/2 ecu|1689-D ''demi-écu au buste drapé à l'antique'']] | ||
* [[France 1690-S ecu|1690-S ''écu aux 8 L'']] | * [[France 1690-S ecu|1690-S ''écu aux 8 L'']] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:54, 27 October 2025
This specimen was lot 20829 in Heritage sale 3004 (New York, January 2009), where it sold for $6,325. The catalog description[1] noted, "Louis XIIII Ecu 1689A, AU55 NGC. Paris mint. Ecu Blanc-Large Bust (i.e. Bust of 1690-1693/Milled Edge). The bust closely resembles that of the Ecu aux 8L-Type I. Apparently minted in the last year of the type by the Paris mint. Definitely known from the Paris mint/1689 but at present unknown from any other mint. Full, bold even strike. Moderately toned. A very rare subtype of a very scarce type. Seldom available in this condition. Ex: Hess/Divo-Auction 293: Lot 74. From the Grundy Collection." 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"; this specimen 27.41 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-3809, Gad-214, Dr/4 № 500, Dr/2 № 390B, KM 255.1.
- 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.
- 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]Tucker, Warren, and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3004: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2008.
- George Sobin, Jr., The Silver Crowns of France, 1640-1973. Teaneck, NJ: Richard Margolis, 1974.
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