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* Gadoury, Victor, ''Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018. | * 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. | ||
| − | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland,'' | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland,'' Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018 |
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* [[France 1743-A 1/20 ecu|1743-A ''vingtième d'écu au bandeau'']] | * [[France 1743-A 1/20 ecu|1743-A ''vingtième d'écu au bandeau'']] | ||
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* [[France 1744-P 2 sols|1744-P ''double sol aux 2 L couronnés'']] | * [[France 1744-P 2 sols|1744-P ''double sol aux 2 L couronnés'']] | ||
* [[France 1744-W 2 sols|1744-W ''double sol aux 2 L couronnés'']] | * [[France 1744-W 2 sols|1744-W ''double sol aux 2 L couronnés'']] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:46, 6 August 2025
This specimen was lot 1676 in Sincona sale 47 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 180 CHF (about US$216 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANKREICH, Konigreich, Louis XV. 1715-1774. 1/20 Ecu au bandeau 1744 AA, Metz. Selten. Gutes sehr schön. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, twentieth écu of the hair ribbon of 1744, Metz mint. Rare, Good very fine.)"
This diminutive coin, called a 1/20 écu "au bandeau", was the French equivalent of a half dime. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the 1/20 écu = 6 sols. The type was struck 1740-69 but is recorded for the Metz mint ("AA") in 1740, 1744, 1748-49, 1760, 1765, 1769 only.
Recorded mintage: 1,793, a scarce date.
Specification: 1.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 1.51 g.
Catalog reference: Dr/2 № 588, Dr/4 № 857, KM 510.2, Gadoury 284.
- [2]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.
- 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.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 47, World Coins and Medals, Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018
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- 1743-A vingtième d'écu au bandeau
- 1744-BB double sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1744-P double sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1744-W double sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1744-X vingtième d'écu au bandeau
- 1744-G demi-écu au bandeau
- 1744-T écu au bandeau
- 1744-AA louis d'or au bandeau
- 1744-W louis d'or au bandeau
- 1744-BB double louis d'or au bandeau
- 1744-K double louis d'or au bandeau
- 1749-W vingtième d'écu au bandeau
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)
- Coins and currency dated 1744