France 1776-I ecu
This specimen was lot 1539 in Jean Elsen sale 151 (Brussels, June 2022), where it sold for €80 (about US$100 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XVI (1774-1793), AR écu aux rameaux d'olivier, 1776I, Limoges. Rare Traces d'ajustage. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XVI, 1774-93, silver écu of the olive branches of 1776, Limoges mint. Rare, adjustment marks, Very Fine.)"
This type is recorded for the Limoges mint for 1775-91 uninterrupted. Many dates are common but this one is rather scarce.
Recorded mintage: 109,396.
Specification: 29.48 g, .917 fine silver, 40-42 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, this specimen 29,23 g.
Catalog reference: Dav-1333, Dr/4 no. 883, Dr/2 no. 616, KM 564, Dupl-1708; Ci-2187; Gad-356.
- 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.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 151: Collection Paul Witte, Monnaies de Brabant, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.
Link to:
- 1775-W écu au buste habillé
- 1776-W écu au buste habillé
- 1776-A louis d'or au buste habillé
- 1776-K double louis d'or au buste habillé
- 1776-W double louis d'or au buste habillé
- 1776-& double louis d'or au buste habillé
- 1777-L écu au buste habillé
- Coins and currency dated 1776
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)