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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. | ||
* 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. | * 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. | ||
| − | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Sincona sale 63: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals,'' SINCONA Bullion Auction, | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Richter, Jürg, ''Sincona sale 63: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals,'' SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2020 |
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Revision as of 09:40, 27 November 2024
This specimen was lot 789 in Sincona sale 63 (Zurich, June 2020), where it sold for 2,000 CHF (about US$2,506 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Frankreich, konigreich, Louis XIV. 1643-1715. Louis d'or à l'écu 1692 H, La Rochelle. Selten. Vorzügliches Exemplar mit Prägeglanz. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, gold louis of the shield of 1692, La Rochelle mint. Rare, Extremely fine specimen with mint luster.)"
This louis d'or à l'écu was struck 1690-93. This type is usually found struck over older coins, a process involving all French silver and gold coinage during 1690-1709. These "reformations" were the result of financial manipulations too tedious to discuss here. The louis d'or à l'écu was succeeded by the louis d'or aux 4 L struck 1693-1700. Both these types are the first somewhat common gold coins since the 1640's but all are expensive relative to the silver écus. Droulers[2] catalogs this date as slightly scarce and notes that some were struck with medal rotation.
Recorded mintage: 6,400 fn + 31,010 rf[2].
Specification: 6.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, 24-26 mm diameter, designed by Joseph Roëttiers, this specimen 6.63 g.
Catalog reference: Dupl-1435A; Gad-250; Fr-429, KM 278.7, Dr/4 № 406, Dr/2 № 258.
- [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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
- 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.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 63: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, SINCONA Bullion Auction, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2020
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- 1691-H louis d'or à l'écu
- 1692-A 4 sols aux deux L couronnés
- 1692-P 4 sols aux deux L
- 1692-9 4 sols aux deux L
- 1692-H quart d'écu aux palmes
- 1692-P demi-écu aux 8 L
- 1692-K écu aux huit L
- 1692-P écu aux huit L
- 1692-9 écu aux huit L
- 1692-A demi-louis d'or à l'écu
- 1692-G demi-louis d'or à l'écu
- 1692-A louis d'or à l'écu
- 1692-D louis d'or à l'écu
- 1692-K louis d'or à l'écu
- 1692-L louis d'or à l'écu
- 1692-M louis d'or à l'écu, Toulouse mint
- 1692-M louis d'or à l'écu, Metz mint
- 1692-A double louis d'or à l'écu
- 1692-M double louis d'or à l'écu, Metz mint
- 1693-P écu aux palmes
- 1693-X écu aux palmes
- 1692-A double louis d'or à l'écu
- 1692-M double louis d'or à l'écu, Metz mint
- Coins and currency dated 1692
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)