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''Recorded mintage:'' 44,239, including some with a long-haired bust (Dr/4 № 415). | ''Recorded mintage:'' 44,239, including some with a long-haired bust (Dr/4 № 415). | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 6.75 g, .917 fine gold, reeded edge, designed by J. Röettiers; this specimen is 6,72 g. | + | ''Specification:'' 6.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, designed by J. Röettiers; this specimen is 6,72 g. |
''Catalog reference:'' Fr-439, Dr/4 № 416, Dr/2 № 275, Dupl. 1446A; Gad-254. | ''Catalog reference:'' Fr-439, Dr/4 № 416, Dr/2 № 275, Dupl. 1446A; Gad-254. | ||
Revision as of 08:57, 8 August 2023
This specimen was lot 1518 in Jean Elsen sale 153 (Brussels, December 2022), where it sold for €850 (about US$1,075 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AV louis d'or aux insignes, 1705 A, Paris. 4e réformation. D/ T. laurée à d., les cheveux courts. R/ Croix formée de quatre lis couronnés, brochant sur un sceptre et une main de justice. Légèrement décentré. Très Beau à Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, gold louis of the insignia of 1705, Paris mint, fourth reformation. Obverse: laureate head right with short hair; reverse: cross formed of four crowned lilies over a scepter and the hand of justice. Slightly off center. Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
This type is usually found struck over older coins, a process involving all French silver and gold coinage during 1690-1709. These "reformations" were the result of financial manipulations too tedious to discuss here. This is a somewhat scarce date of a scarce type.
Recorded mintage: 44,239, including some with a long-haired bust (Dr/4 № 415).
Specification: 6.75 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, designed by J. Röettiers; this specimen is 6,72 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-439, Dr/4 № 416, Dr/2 № 275, Dupl. 1446A; Gad-254.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 153, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
Link to:
- 1704-A louis d'or aux insignes
- 1704-BB louis d'or aux insignes
- 1704-D louis d'or aux insignes
- 1704-G louis d'or aux insignes
- 1704-H louis d'or aux insignes
- 1704-L louis d'or aux insignes
- 1704-O louis d'or aux insignes
- 1704-P louis d'or aux insignes
- 1704-& louis d'or aux insignes
- 1705-AA 10 sols aux quatre couronnes
- 1705-BB 10 sols aux quatre couronnes
- 1705-W quart d'écu aux huit L
- 1705-BB 33 sols de Strasbourg
- 1705-A demi-écu aux huit L
- 1705-W demi-écu de Flandre
- 1705-A écu aux huit L
- 1705-S écu aux huit L
- 1705-T écu aux huit L, deuxieme type
- 1705-W écu aux huit L
- 1705-L louis d'or aux insignes
- 1705-W double louis d'or aux insignes
- 1707-A louis d'or aux insignes et aux cheveux longs
- Coins and currency dated 1705
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)