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from the Stacks Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 20411

This is an écu de France-Navarre of the Aix mint, struck while Louis XV was a minor. This specimen was lot 20411 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu, 1719-9. Rennes Mint. Louis XV (1715-74). NGC MS-63. An écu de France-Navarre struck at the Rennes mint in Brittany. A better date of a SCARCE type, intricately detailed throughout the design and attractively toned with soft gray color in the centers and fiery-gold and electric-blue flares among the peripheries. Several instances of minor adjustment marks appear at the edges, but they do little to diminish the eye appeal of this wonderful survivor." Droulers^[2] notes the 1719-9 as fairly scarce. The specimen shown is struck on a "flan neuf." The type was struck 1718-20 in substantial numbers but is not so common as the preceding écu vertugadin.

Recorded mintage: 1,794,131^[2].

Specification: 24.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, .722 troy oz ASW, 38 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Gad-318, Dr/5 no. 743, Dr/4 № 816, Dr/2 № 558, Dav-1327, KM 435.26.

Source:

^[2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
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.
Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

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 ''Recorded mintage:'' 1,794,131<sup>[2]</sup>.
-''Specification:'' 24.47 g, .917 fine silver, .722 troy oz ASW, 38 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.
+''Specification:'' 24.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, .722 troy oz ASW, 38 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.
 ''Catalog reference:'' Gad-318, Dr/5 no. 743, Dr/4 № 816, Dr/2 № 558, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1327]], KM 435.26.

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