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Revision as of 18:13, 28 March 2021
This specimen was lot 22511 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu, 1771-A. Paris Mint. Louis XV (1715-74). PCGS AU-53 Secure Holder. Nice strike, lightly toned with strong underlying luster." This coin, called an écu à la vieille tête, was the French equivalent of a dollar. The type was struck 1770-74 and is recorded for fourteen mints. The type is common, despite its short run, but usually comes badly made so choice specimens bring a premium. The 1771-A from the Paris mint is only slightly less common than the type dates (1772-L, 1773-L, 1774-A, 1774-L).
Reported Mintage: unknown but a common date.
Specification: 29.49 g, .917 fine silver, 39-42 mm diameter, lettered edge.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 821, Dr/2 no. 589, Dav-1332; KM-551.1; Gad-322.
- 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.
- 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.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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- 1771-CC sol
- 1771-T demi-écu à la vieille tête
- 1771-AA écu à la vieille tête
- 1771-H écu à la vieille tête
- 1771-L écu à la vieille tête
- 1771-A double louis d'or à la vieille tête
- 1771-D double louis d'or au bandeau
- 1772-A écu à la vieille tête
- Coins and currency dated 1771
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)