France 1708-9 20 sols
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File:France 1708-9 20 sols obv Raz.jpg
from the Razorback Collection
Shown is a twenty sols aux insignes (twenty sous with insignia) struck at the Rennes mint for France in the last years of Louis XIV's reign. The type was struck 1707-08 in substantial numbers but the type is scarce today. When the coin was recalled in 1710 for melting, the government paid only 14 sols each for them. This date is common.
Recorded mintage: 2,448,723.
Specification: 6.11 g, .833 fine silver, plain edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 705, Dr/2 no. 464, Dupl-1565; Gad-164.
- 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, 4me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2012.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
Link to:
- 1707-H 10 sols aux insignes
- 1707-A 20 sols aux insignes
- 1707-D 20 sols aux insignes
- 1707-Pau 20 sols aux insignes
- 1707-BB 33 sols de Strasbourg
- 1708-BB 2 deniers de Strasbourg
- 1708-A 20 sols aux insignes
- 1708-T 20 sols aux insignes
- 1708-H écu aux huit L, deuxieme type
- 1708-T écu aux huit L, deuxieme type
- 1708-9 écu aux huit L, deuxieme type
- 1710-9 dixième d'écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-I 1/20 d'écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-& quart d'écu aux trois couronnes
- Coins and currency dated 1708
- return to French Royal coinage (to 1793)