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[[Image:France 1708-9 ecu obv Ponterio 173-1246.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 173, lot 1246]] | [[Image:France 1708-9 ecu obv Ponterio 173-1246.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 173, lot 1246]] | ||
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| − | + | The first specimen was lot 1246 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $646. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France|FRANCE]]. Ecu, 1708. Rennas Mint. NGC AU-58. Louis XIV (1643-1715). Light adjustment marks on the reverse." Shown is a ''écu aux huit L, deuxieme type'' ("écu with 8 L's, 2nd type") struck at the Rennes mint in the last years of Louis XIV's reign. The type was struck until 1709; there are also ¼ and ½ écus struck during this period with this design. This date is scarce. | |
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| − | [[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 173]][[Category: Silver ecus of France]] | + | [[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 173]][[Category: Silver ecus of France]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]] |
Revision as of 21:38, 6 February 2022
The first specimen was lot 1246 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $646. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu, 1708. Rennas Mint. NGC AU-58. Louis XIV (1643-1715). Light adjustment marks on the reverse." Shown is a écu aux huit L, deuxieme type ("écu with 8 L's, 2nd type") struck at the Rennes mint in the last years of Louis XIV's reign. The type was struck until 1709; there are also ¼ and ½ écus struck during this period with this design. This date is scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 27.45 g, .917 fine silver, edge lettered "DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM", designed by Joseph Roëttiers.
Catalog reference: Dav-1320, KM-386.24; Gad-224.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.
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