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* [[France 1643-A ecu Dav-3798|1643-A ''écu à la mèche courte'', Louis XIV]] | * [[France 1643-A ecu Dav-3798|1643-A ''écu à la mèche courte'', Louis XIV]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1643]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1643]] | ||
* return to French [[Royal coinage (to 1793)]] | * return to French [[Royal coinage (to 1793)]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 141]][[Category: Silver minors of France]] | [[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 141]][[Category: Silver minors of France]] | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 19 February 2021
This specimen was lot 1207 in Jean Elsen sale 141 (Brussels, June 2019), where it sold for €320 (about US$424 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIII (1610-1643), AR demi-écu, 1643D, Lyon. Deuxième poinçon. D/ B. l., dr. et cuir. à d. R/ Ecu de France couronné. Rare. Très Beau. Provient de notre vente 77, 13 décembre 2003, 1659. (kingdom of France, Louis XIII, 1610-43, silver half écu of 1643, Lyon mint, second punch. Obverse: laureate, draped and armored bust right; reverse: crowned arms of France. Rare, Very Fine.)"
This type is the first of its denomination and was made possible by the introduction of screw presses and planchet punching machinery at the mint. It was struck at Paris and Lyon (shown here) 1642-43. It was not until 1646, in the next reign, that other mints participated.
Recorded mintage: unknown but few.
Specification: 13.72 g, .917 fine silver, plain edge, this specimen 13,56 g.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 122, Dr/2 no. 105, Dupl-1350; Gad-50, KM 135.2.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
- 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, 4me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 141, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2019.
Links to:
- 1643-A double tournois de Warin
- 1643-H double tournois de Warin
- 1643-A 1/12 écu
- 1643-D 1/12 écu
- 1643-A quart d'écu à la mèche courte
- 1643 quart d'écu de Béarn, Morlaàs mint
- 1643-AR quart d'écu au marteau
- 1643-M quart d'écu au marteau
- 1643 quart d'écu du Béarn, Pau mint
- 1643-A quart d'écu de Louis XIII
- 1643-A quart d'écu à la mèche courte
- 1643-A demi-écu à la mèche courte
- 1643-D écu de 60 sols
- 1643-A écu à la mèche courte, Louis XIV
- 1643-A demi-Louis d'or, Louis XIII
- 1643-A demi-louis d'or à la mèche courte
- Coins and currency dated 1643
- return to French Royal coinage (to 1793)