France 1727-N louis d'or
This specimen was lot 40275 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Louis d'Or, 1727/6-N. Montpellier Mint. Louis XV. NGC Unc Details--Obverse Cleaned. An above-average product of this provincial mint notorious for poor strikes on rough planchets. While a past wipe is clearly evident, much luster remains and a bold overdate enhances the appeal for what is a clearly a very scarce emission based upon our research." This type, introduced in 1726 as part of Cardinal Fleury's coinage reform, terminated the constant financial manipulations which had bedeviled the regency period. Its initial face value was 20 livres, which was raised to 24 livres in May 1726. This date obtains a slight premium over the 1726-A but is not listed as rare.
Recorded mintage: 82,864.
Specification: 8.16 g, .917 fine gold, 22-23 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 800, Dr/2 № 540, Fr-461; KM-489.14; Gad-340.
- Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 2nd édition. Paris: AFPN, 1998.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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- 1727 seize deniers des mines de France
- 1727-Z vingtième d'écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-& vingtième d'écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-& demi-écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-A écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-AA écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-B écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-C écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-D écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-E écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-H écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-N écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-Y écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1727-C demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-G demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-I demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-A louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-AA louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-B louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-C louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-P louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-& louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1727-Pau louis d'or aux lunettes
- Coins and currency dated 1727
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)