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| − | ''Specification:'' 1.47 g, .917 fine silver, 18-19 mm diameter. | + | ''Specification:'' 1.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, 18-19 mm diameter. |
''Catalog reference:'' Dr/2 № 588, Dr/4 № 857, KM 510 (unlisted date and mint). | ''Catalog reference:'' Dr/2 № 588, Dr/4 № 857, KM 510 (unlisted date and mint). | ||
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File:France 1740& 1-20 ecu obv 600.jpg
from the Mountain Groan Collection
This diminutive coin, called a vingtième d'écu au bandeau, was the French equivalent of a half dime. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the vingtième d'écu = 6 sols. The type was struck 1740-69 but is recorded for the Aix-en-Provence mint ("&") in 1740 and 1747 only. The SCWC does not list the mint, which closed in 1774. It is likely very rare.
Recorded mintage: 14,342 (estimated[1]).
Specification: 1.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, 18-19 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Dr/2 № 588, Dr/4 № 857, KM 510 (unlisted date and mint).
- [1]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.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
Link to:
- 1732-BB vingtième d'écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1740-A billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-AA billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-BB billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-D billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-O billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-P billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-S billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-T billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-X billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-G billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-V billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-W billon sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-C double sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-ϽC double sol aux 2 L couronnés
- 1740-AA vingtième d'écu au bandeau
- 1740-A écu au bandeau
- 1740-G Louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1740-D louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1740-K louis d'or au bandeau
- 1740-L louis d'or au bandeau
- 1740-S louis d'or au bandeau
- 1741-H vingtième d'écu au bandeau
- Coins and currency dated 1740
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)