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Latest revision as of 14:07, 6 August 2025

Jean Elsen sale 150, lot 1364

This specimen was lot 1364 in Jean Elsen sale 150 (Brussels, March 2022), where it sold for €1,100 (about US$1,458 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR écu de France, 17219, Rennes. Réformation. D/ B. enfantin à d., l., dr. et cuir. R/ Ecu de France couronné. Fines griffes et brisure du coin au droit. presque Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, silver écu of France of 1721, Rennes mint, reformed. Obverse: laureate, draped and armored young bust right; reverse: crowned arms of France. Fine scratches and die break on the obverse. about Extremely Fine.)"

The specimen shown is an écu au grand écusson de France of the Rennes mint, struck while Louis XV was a minor. Droulers[2] notes the type as rather scarce but more available than the succeeding écu aux 8 L of 1724-25. The type was issued 1720-24.

Recorded mintage: unknown but all rf[2], a common date for 1721.

Specification: 24.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, .722 troy oz ASW, 38 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers; this specimen 24,09 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 817, Dupl-1665A; Gad-319, Dav-1328.

Source:

  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 2nd édition. Paris: AFPN, 1998.
  • 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.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 150: Collection J.F.L. Blankenberg, Monnaies de l'Orient Latin, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.

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