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This specimen was lot 1531 in Jean Elsen sale 147 (Brussels, June 2021), where it sold for €650 (about US$950 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR écu à la cravate, 1682K, Bordeaux. 2e émission. D/ B. dr. et cuir. à d., portant une perruque et une cravate brodée. R/ Ecu de France couronné. Rare Légère trace de bélière. Beau portrait. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, silver écu of the necktie of 1682, Bordeaux mint, second issue. Obverse: draped and armored bust right, in a wig and embroidered necktie; reverse: crowned arms of France. Rare, light trace of jewelry use, nice portrait, Very Fine.)"
The écu à la cravate was struck 1672-85 in fairly large quantities but was the victim of repeated "reformations," where older écus were called in and restruck. As a result, the type is rare today. It was succeeded by the écu drapé à l'antique of 1684-87.
Recorded mintage: unknown but a slightly scarce date of a rare type.
Specification: 27.45 g, 0.917 fine silver; this specimen 27,10 g.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 474, Dr/2 № 354, Dupl-1493; Gad-210, Dav-3805.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 147: Monnaies, Médailles et Décorations, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2021.
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