France 1732-A 1/2 louis d'or

Sincona sale 38, lot 1302

This specimen was lot 1302 in Sincona sale 38 (Zurich, May 2017), where it sold for 425 CHF (about US$510 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[2] noted,

"Louis XV. 1715-1774 1/2 Louis dor aux lunettes 1732 A. Paris. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, gold half louis of the spectacles of 1732, Paris mint. Very fine-extremely fine.)"

This type is recorded for France for 1726-39 but all the dates are rare with the possible exception of the 1726-A.

Recorded mintage: 4,000^[1], a very scarce date.

Specification: 4.08 g, .917 fine gold, 20 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by J.-C. Röettiers. This specimen 4.03 g.

Catalog reference: Dupl. 1641; Gadoury 329. Fr-462, Dr/4 no. 808, Dr/2 no. 541.

Source:

• ^[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.
• Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 4me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012.
• Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
• 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.
• ^[2]Jürg Richter, Auction 38, Gold Coins and Medals, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2017.

Link to:

• 1731-BB demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
• 1731-9 demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
• 1732-BB vingtième d'écu aux branches d'olivier
• 1732-AA écu aux branches d'olivier
• 1732-T écu aux branches d'olivier
• 1732-& écu aux branches d'olivier
• 1732-A louis d'or aux lunettes
• 1732-H louis d'or aux lunettes
• 1732-M louis d'or aux lunettes
• 1732-V louis d'or aux lunettes
• 1733-I demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
• Coins and currency dated 1732
• return to French royal coinage (to 1793)