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This specimen was lot 1710 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AV double louis d'or au bandeau, 1742 A, Paris. Deuxième semestre. La première année de frappe du type. D/ T. à g., ceinte d'un bandeau. R/ Ecus ovales de France et de Navarre sous une couronne. Rare. Légère trace d'ajustage au revers. Superbe.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XV, 1715-74, gold double louis of the ribbon of 1742, Paris mint, second semester, the first year of the type. Obverse: head left, hair tied with a ribbon; reverse: oval arms of France and Navarre under a crown. Rare, slight adjustment marks on the reverse. Extremely Fine.)"</blockquote> This is a better date of the ''double louis d'or au bandeau'', of a type struck 1740-74. The Strasbourg mint struck large numbers of this denomination to support French army operations in Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession; the Paris mint was only an intermittent producer.  
 
This specimen was lot 1710 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AV double louis d'or au bandeau, 1742 A, Paris. Deuxième semestre. La première année de frappe du type. D/ T. à g., ceinte d'un bandeau. R/ Ecus ovales de France et de Navarre sous une couronne. Rare. Légère trace d'ajustage au revers. Superbe.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Louis XV, 1715-74, gold double louis of the ribbon of 1742, Paris mint, second semester, the first year of the type. Obverse: head left, hair tied with a ribbon; reverse: oval arms of France and Navarre under a crown. Rare, slight adjustment marks on the reverse. Extremely Fine.)"</blockquote> This is a better date of the ''double louis d'or au bandeau'', of a type struck 1740-74. The Strasbourg mint struck large numbers of this denomination to support French army operations in Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession; the Paris mint was only an intermittent producer.  
  
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''Reported Mintage:'' limonite but a better date.
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''Reported Mintage:'' 16,073, a slightly better date.
  
 
''Specification:'' 16.31 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, 28-29 mm diameter, designed by J.-C. Röettiers; this specimen 16,32 g.  
 
''Specification:'' 16.31 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, 28-29 mm diameter, designed by J.-C. Röettiers; this specimen 16,32 g.  

Revision as of 18:31, 5 April 2024

Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 1710

This specimen was lot 1710 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AV double louis d'or au bandeau, 1742 A, Paris. Deuxième semestre. La première année de frappe du type. D/ T. à g., ceinte d'un bandeau. R/ Ecus ovales de France et de Navarre sous une couronne. Rare. Légère trace d'ajustage au revers. Superbe. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, gold double louis of the ribbon of 1742, Paris mint, second semester, the first year of the type. Obverse: head left, hair tied with a ribbon; reverse: oval arms of France and Navarre under a crown. Rare, slight adjustment marks on the reverse. Extremely Fine.)"

This is a better date of the double louis d'or au bandeau, of a type struck 1740-74. The Strasbourg mint struck large numbers of this denomination to support French army operations in Germany during the War of the Austrian Succession; the Paris mint was only an intermittent producer.

Reported Mintage: 16,073, a slightly better date.

Specification: 16.31 g, 0.917 fine gold, reeded edge, 28-29 mm diameter, designed by J.-C. Röettiers; this specimen 16,32 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-463, Dr/4 № 792, KM 519.1, Dupl. 1642; Gad-346.

Source:

  • Clairand, Armand, Monnaies de Louis XV, Le temps de la Stabilité Monetaire, 1726-1774, Paris: Maison Platt, 1996.
  • [2]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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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