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Revision as of 18:31, 28 March 2021
This specimen was lot 1710 in Künker sale 263 (Osnabruck, June 2015), where it sold for €400 (about US$517 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"KÖNIGREICH Louis XVI, 1774-1793. Ecu aux rameaux d'olivier 1783, A, Paris. Selten in dieser Erhaltung. Vorzüglich. (kingdom of France, Louis XVI, 1774-93, écu of the olive branches of 1783, Paris mint. Scarce in this quality, extremely fine.)"
This product of the Paris mint is common.
Recorded mintage: 2,889,011.
Specification: 29.45 g, .917 fine silver, 39 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Duplessy 1708; Dav-1333; Gad-356 (R); KM-564, Dr/4 no. 883, Dr/2 no. 616.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 263, The Friedrich Popken collection of gold and silver coinages | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the collection of Ernst Otto Horn, part III, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2015.
Link to:
- 1782-A écu au buste habillé
- 1783-W liard à l'écu
- 1783-A ½ sol
- 1783-A vingtième d'écu au buste fort
- 1783-A dixième d'écu au buste habillé
- 1783-A 1/5 écu au buste habillé
- 1783-W double louis d'or au buste habillé
- 1783-Pau écu au buste habillé
- Coins and currency dated 1783
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)