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Revision as of 01:32, 26 March 2021
This specimen was lot 1159 in Jean Elsen sale 121 (Brussels, June 2014), where it sold for €120 (about US$192 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR écu aux palmes, 1694 O, Riom. 2e réformation. Droit: B. à droite, cuirassé à l'antique. Revers: Ecu de France rond, couronné, entre deux palmes. Rare. Beau à Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV (1643-1715), silver écu of the palms of 1694, Riom mint, second reformation. Obverse: armored bust to right; reverse: crowned round arms of France between two palms. Rare, fine to very fine.)"
This type was struck 1693-1701 in large quantities, mostly overstriking older écus ("flans reformés"). It was succeeded by the écu aux insignes. Droulers prices this date about 60% more than the common date, but even a common date is priced 20% higher than an écu à la mèche longue.
Recorded mintage: 14,809 (new blanks) plus a larger number restruck on old coins; today scarce.
Specification: 27.45 g, .917 fine silver, 38-41 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVVM FAC REGEM, this specimen 26,84 g.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 510, Dr/2 no. 410, Dav-3813, KM 298.21, Dupl., 1520A; Ci., 1894; Gad-217.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1600-1700, Galesburg, IL, 1974.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 4me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 121, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2014.
Links to:
- 1652-C écu à la mèche longue
- 1692-K écu aux 8 L
- 1693-L liard
- 1694-M 15 deniers or quinzain
- 1694-A 1/12 écu
- 1694-BB 35 sols de Strasbourg aux palmes
- 1694-A demi-écu aux palmes
- 1694-AA demi-écu aux palmes
- 1694-ϽC demi-écu aux palmes
- 1694-G demi-écu aux palmes
- 1694-S demi-écu aux palmes
- 1694-W demi-écu de Flandre
- 1694-X demi-écu aux palmes
- 1694-A écu aux palmes
- 1694-AA écu aux palmes
- 1694-H écu aux palmes
- 1694-M écu aux palmes
- 1694-W écu de Flandre aux palmes
- 1694-X écu aux palmes
- 1694-AA demi-louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1694-V demi-louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1694-W demi-Louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1694-A louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1694-AA louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1694-D louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1694-P louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1694-W louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1694-A double louis d'or aux 4 L
- 1694-D double louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1694-N double louis d'or aux quatre L
- 1695-A écu aux palmes
- 1695-C écu aux palmes
- 1695-D écu aux palmes
- 1695-E écu aux palmes
- Coins and currency dated 1694
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)