France 1768-A 1/10 ecu
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This diminutive coin, called a dixième d'écu au bandeau, was the French equivalent of a dime. In the coinage system of the ancien régime, the dixième d'écu = 12 sols. The type was struck 1740-70 and is recorded for the Paris mint ("A") for most of those years.
Recorded mintage: 12,450. The SCWC lists this date as common but Droulers[1] lists this date as scarce. After some substantial issues in the 1740's, mintages dwindled in the 1760's.
Specification: 2.95 g, .917 fine silver, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Dr/2 no. 587, Dr/4 no. 850, KM 511.1.
- [1]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.
Link to:
- 1767-S dixième d'écu au bandeau
- 1768-& liard d'Aix
- 1768-A liard à la vieille tête
- 1768-A sol à la vieille tête
- 1768-D dixième d'écu au bandeau
- 1768-G écu au bandeau
- 1768-L écu au bandeau
- 1768-A Louis d'or au bandeau
- 1768-S ½ louis d'or
- 1768-Pau louis d'or du Béarn au bandeau
- 1768-R 2 louis d'or
- 1769-AA dixième d'écu au bandeau
- 1769-M dixième d'écu au bandeau
- Coins and currency dated 1768
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793).