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* [[France 1760-Pau ecu|1760 ''écu au bandeau du Béarn'']] | * [[France 1760-Pau ecu|1760 ''écu au bandeau du Béarn'']] | ||
* [[France 1760-& louis d'or|1760-& ''louis d'or au bandeau'']] | * [[France 1760-& louis d'or|1760-& ''louis d'or au bandeau'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1760-BB 2 louis d'or|1760-BB ''double louis d'or au bandeau'']] | ||
* [[France 1760-9 2 louis d'or|1760-9 ''double louis d'or au bandeau'']] | * [[France 1760-9 2 louis d'or|1760-9 ''double louis d'or au bandeau'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1760-Pau 2 louis d'or|1760 ''double louis d'or au bandeau du Béarn'']] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1760]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1760]] | ||
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] | * return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] | ||
[[Category: Silver minors of France]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]][[Category:Selections from the Razorback Collection]] | [[Category: Silver minors of France]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]][[Category:Selections from the Razorback Collection]] | ||
Revision as of 11:41, 17 August 2023
This specimen is one of a type was struck 1741-74 during the reign of Louis XV of France; the demi-écu au bandeau is reasonably common but most dates (including this one) are rare. The "W" mintmark (for Lille) is recorded for 1741-42, 1744-63 and 1766; some of the issues are common but the 1760 is rare.
Recorded mintage: 7,138.
Specification: 14.74 g, 0.917 fine silver, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, obverse legend LUD.XV.D.G.FR.ET NAV.REX.
Catalog reference: KM-516.21, Dr/4 № 828.
- 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, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
Link to:
- 1759-W demi-écu au bandeau
- 1760-R dixième d'écu au bandeau
- 1760-R demi-écu au bandeau
- 1760-C écu au bandeau
- 1760-D écu au bandeau
- 1760-P écu au bandeau
- 1760 écu au bandeau du Béarn
- 1760-& louis d'or au bandeau
- 1760-BB double louis d'or au bandeau
- 1760-9 double louis d'or au bandeau
- 1760 double louis d'or au bandeau du Béarn
- Coins and currency dated 1760
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)