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''Recorded mintage:'' 26,685<sup>[2]</sup>, a scarce date. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 26,685<sup>[2]</sup>, a scarce date. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 29.49 g, .917 fine silver, 39-41 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. | + | ''Specification:'' 29.49 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39-41 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. |
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' Dr/4 | + | ''Catalog reference:'' Dr/4 № 819, Dr/2 № 519, Dupl-1675; Gad-321, KM 486.16 (this date unlisted), [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1330]]. |
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
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| + | * [[France 1734-A ecu|1734-A ''écu aux branches d'olivier'']] | ||
* [[France 1734-K ecu|1734-K ''écu aux branches d'olivier'']] | * [[France 1734-K ecu|1734-K ''écu aux branches d'olivier'']] | ||
* [[France 1734-M ecu|1734-M ''écu aux branches d'olivier'']] | * [[France 1734-M ecu|1734-M ''écu aux branches d'olivier'']] | ||
* [[France 1734-N ecu|1734-N ''écu aux branches d'olivier'']] | * [[France 1734-N ecu|1734-N ''écu aux branches d'olivier'']] | ||
* [[France 1734-Q ecu|1734-Q ''écu aux branches d'olivier'']] | * [[France 1734-Q ecu|1734-Q ''écu aux branches d'olivier'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1734-T ecu|1734-T ''écu aux branches d'olivier'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1734-& ecu|1734-& ''écu aux branches d'olivier'']] | ||
* [[France 1734-A louis d'or|1734-A ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | * [[France 1734-A louis d'or|1734-A ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | ||
* [[France 1734-D louis d'or|1734-D ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | * [[France 1734-D louis d'or|1734-D ''louis d'or aux lunettes'']] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:21, 27 October 2025
This specimen was lot 32760 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "Louis XV Ecu 1734-P AU50 NGC, Dijon mint. A very rare mint-date combination, clearly struck from a heavily rusted obverse die, leaving an intriguing texture to the fields that offers a wonderful play of light and peripheral amber tones. Still quite radiant at the legends with strong flow lines." This type was struck in France 1726-40 in large numbers altho Dijon is a scarce mint.
Recorded mintage: 26,685[2], a scarce date.
Specification: 29.49 g, 0.917 fine silver, 39-41 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 819, Dr/2 № 519, Dupl-1675; Gad-321, KM 486.16 (this date unlisted), Dav-1330.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- [2]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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.
Links to:
- 1734-A écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1734-K écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1734-M écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1734-N écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1734-Q écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1734-T écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1734-& écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1734-A louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1734-D louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1734-K louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1734-S louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1734-T louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1734-9 louis d'or aux lunettes
- Coins and currency dated 1734
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)