France 1735-S louis d'or

Heritage sale 61259, lot 99215

This specimen was lot 99215 in Heritage sale 61259 (Dallas, TX, February 2022), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description^[1] noted, "France: Louis XV gold Louis d'Or 1735-S AU Details (Stained) NGC, Reims mint. Louis d'Or aux lunettes. A great rarity that was apparently struck from somewhat rusted dies, with only one other having come to light in the course of our research--the Bearn specimen (MS63), which brought $2350 in our January 2017 auction #3051. Assigned the highest rating by Les monnaies des quatre Rois Louis, this piece is quite pleasing for the assigned grade, and seems to the present cataloger to be more accurately saltwater damaged than stained." This louis d'or aux lunettes is recorded for 1726-40 and is among the more common gold coins of the French ancien régime altho this is one of many rare dates.

Recorded mintage: 6,553.

Specification: 8.16 g, 0.917 fine gold, 20 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 800, Dr/2 № 540, Fr-461, cf. KM489.19 (date unlisted), Gad-340 (R4), L4L-478 (R5).

Source:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, The Long Island Collection of French Coins Showcase Auction #61259, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.

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