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This specimen was lot 3533 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabruck, March 2024), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,099 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH, Louis XV, 1715-1774. Louis d'or au bandeau 1755, C, Caen. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Min. justiert, sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XV, 1715-74, gold louis of the hair ribbon of 1755, Caen mint. Extremely rare, minor adjustment marks, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The Caen mint struck this type fairly steadily thru the 1750's and 1760's but most of its issues were small and many dates are listed in Droulers as "reported, not confirmed", including this one.
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This specimen was lot 3533 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,099 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH, Louis XV, 1715-1774. Louis d'or au bandeau 1755, C, Caen. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Min. justiert, sehr schön-vorzüglich.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XV, 1715-74, gold louis of the hair ribbon of 1755, Caen mint. Extremely rare, minor adjustment marks, very fine to extremely fine.)"</blockquote> The Caen mint struck this type fairly steadily thru the 1750's and 1760's but most of its issues were small and many dates are listed in Droulers as "reported, not confirmed", including this one.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 2,561.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 2,561.
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* [[France 1755-L 2 louis d'or|1755-L ''double louis d'or au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1755-L 2 louis d'or|1755-L ''double louis d'or au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1755-Pau 2 louis d'or|1755 ''double louis d'or au bandeau du Béarn'']]
 
* [[France 1755-Pau 2 louis d'or|1755 ''double louis d'or au bandeau du Béarn'']]
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* [[France 1756-A louis d'or|1756-A ''louis d'or au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1756-P louis d'or|1756-P ''louis d'or au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1756-P louis d'or|1756-P ''louis d'or au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1756-& louis d'or|1756-& ''louis d'or au bandeau'']]
 
* [[France 1756-& louis d'or|1756-& ''louis d'or au bandeau'']]

Latest revision as of 12:21, 17 January 2025

Künker sale 406, lot 3533

This specimen was lot 3533 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €1,600 (about US$2,099 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH, Louis XV, 1715-1774. Louis d'or au bandeau 1755, C, Caen. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit. Min. justiert, sehr schön-vorzüglich. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, gold louis of the hair ribbon of 1755, Caen mint. Extremely rare, minor adjustment marks, very fine to extremely fine.)"

The Caen mint struck this type fairly steadily thru the 1750's and 1760's but most of its issues were small and many dates are listed in Droulers as "reported, not confirmed", including this one.

Recorded mintage: 2,561.

Specification: 8.16 g, 0.917 fine gold, 22-23 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers, this specimen 8.11 g.

Catalog reference: Duplessy 1643; Dr/4 № 801, Dr/2 № 543, Fr-464; KM-513.5; Gadoury 341.

Source:

  • Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 2nd édition. Paris: AFPN, 1998.
  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.

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