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[[Image:France 1726BB louis S18-2176q00.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 18, lot 2176]]
 
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This specimen was lot 2176 in Sincona sale 18 (Zurich, May 2014), where it sold for CHF 500 (about US$659 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Louis dor mirliton 1726. Strassburg Fast sehr schön-sehr schön.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XV, louis d'or of 1726, Strasbourg mint, very fine.)"</blockquote> This ''louis d'or aux lunettes'' (not a ''louis d'or mirliton'' as stated above) is recorded for 1726-40 and is among the more common gold coins of the French ''ancien régime'', this date is fairly common.  
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This specimen was lot 2176 in Sincona sale 18 (Zürich, May 2014), where it sold for CHF 500 (about US$659 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Louis dor mirliton 1726. Strassburg Fast sehr schön-sehr schön.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XV, louis d'or of 1726, Strasbourg mint, very fine.)"</blockquote> This ''louis d'or aux lunettes'' (not a ''louis d'or mirliton'' as stated above) is recorded for 1726-40 and is among the more common gold coins of the French ''ancien régime'', this date is fairly common.  
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 128,000<sup>[1]</sup>.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 128,000<sup>[1]</sup>.

Revision as of 12:50, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 18, lot 2176

This specimen was lot 2176 in Sincona sale 18 (Zürich, May 2014), where it sold for CHF 500 (about US$659 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Louis dor mirliton 1726. Strassburg Fast sehr schön-sehr schön. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, louis d'or of 1726, Strasbourg mint, very fine.)"

This louis d'or aux lunettes (not a louis d'or mirliton as stated above) is recorded for 1726-40 and is among the more common gold coins of the French ancien régime, this date is fairly common.

Recorded mintage: 128,000[1].

Specification: 8.16 g, 0.917 fine gold, 20 mm diameter, reeded edge, this specimen 8.06 g.

Catalog reference: Duplessy 1640. Fr-461. Dr/4 № 800, Dr/2 № 540.

Source:

  • [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.
  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • 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.
  • [2]Numismatic Coins, Medals, & Banknotes: Auction 18, Zurich: SINCONA AG, 2014.

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