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Revision as of 01:28, 27 March 2021
This specimen was lot 1174 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €320 (about US$456 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR écu de France, 1720B, Rouen. Réformation. D/ B. enfantin à d., l., dr. et cuir. R/ Ecu de France couronné. Rare Fines griffes. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, silver écu of France of 1720, Rouen mint, reformed. Obverse: laureate, draped and armored infant bust to right; reverse: crowned arms of France. Rare, fine scratches, Very Fine.)"
The specimen shown is an écu au grand écusson de France of the Paris 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, all rf, but a slightly better date.
Specification: 24.47 g, .917 fine silver, .722 troy oz ASW, 38 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers, this specimen 24,01 g.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 817, Dr/2 no. 566, KM 459, Dav-1328, Dupl-1665A; Gad-319.
- [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, 4me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
Link to:
- 1720-BB liard au buste enfantin
- 1720-A demi sol au buste enfantin
- 1720-AA demi sol au buste enfantin
- 1720-S sol au buste enfantin
- 1720-B XX sols de France-Navarre
- 1720-K XX sols de France-Navarre
- 1720-N XX sols de France-Navarre
- 1720-W XX sols de France-Navarre
- 1720-Y XX sols de France-Navarre
- 1720-& XX sols de France-Navarre
- 1720-B 1/6 écu de grand écusson de France
- 1720-R 1/6 écu de grand écusson de France
- 1720-A livre d'argent
- 1720-AA louis d'argent
- 1720-N louis d'argent
- 1720-S louis d'argent
- 1720-W louis d'argent
- 1720-X louis d'argent
- 1720-A tiers d'écu de grand écusson de France
- 1720-K tiers d'écu de grand écusson de France
- 1720-A écu au grand écusson de France
- 1720-D louis d'or aux 2 L
- Coins and currency dated 1720
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)