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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown (priced<sup>[1]</sup> about 66% more tham the common date such as 1769-L).
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown (priced<sup>[1]</sup> about 66% more tham the common date such as 1769-L).
  
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''Specification:'' 5.59 g, .917 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by J.-C. Röettiers.
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''Specification:'' 5.89 g, 0.917 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by J.-C. Röettiers.
  
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''Catalog reference:'' Dr/2 № 586, Dr/4 no. 841, KM 515.15.
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''Catalog reference:'' Dr/2 № 586, Dr/4 № 841, KM 515.15.
  
 
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* [[France 1764-A 1/5 ecu|1764-A ''cinquième d'écu au bandeau'']]
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* [[France 1765-CC 1/5 ecu|1765-ϽC ''cinquième d'écu au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1766-L 1/20 ecu|1766-L ''vingtième d'écu au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1766-L 1/20 ecu|1766-L ''vingtième d'écu au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1766-D ecu|1766-D ''écu au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1766-D ecu|1766-D ''écu au bandeau'']]
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* [[France 1766-L ecu|1766-L ''écu au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1766-T ecu|1766-T ''écu au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1766-T ecu|1766-T ''écu au bandeau'']]
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* [[France 1766-Pau ecu|1766 ''écu au bandeau du Béarn'']]
 
* [[France 1766-Pau louis d'or|1766 ''louis d'or du Béarn au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1766-Pau louis d'or|1766 ''louis d'or du Béarn au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1766-Pau 2 louis d'or|1766 ''double louis d'or au bandeau du Béarn'']]
 
* [[France 1766-Pau 2 louis d'or|1766 ''double louis d'or au bandeau du Béarn'']]

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from the Razorback Collection
France 1766L fifth ecu rev Raz.jpg

This coin, called a cinquième d'écu au bandeau, was the French equivalent of a twenty cent piece. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the 1/5 écu = 24 sols. The type was struck 1741-72 and is recorded from the Bayonne mint for 1741, 1754, 1756-57, 1759, 1762, 1766 and 1769. This is the most common mint for 1766.

Recorded mintage: unknown (priced[1] about 66% more tham the common date such as 1769-L).

Specification: 5.89 g, 0.917 fine silver, 26 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by J.-C. Röettiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/2 № 586, Dr/4 № 841, KM 515.15.

Source:

  • [1]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.
  • 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.

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