France 1702-BB 1/2 ecu

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from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 22507
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This specimen was lot 22507 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/2 Ecu, 1702-BB. Strasbourg Mint. Louis XIV (1643-1715). PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, VF Details Secure Holder. Toned. From the Brighton Collection." Shown is a 1702-BB demi-écu aux insignes of the Strasbourg mint in France. Note traces of an undertype; this coin usually comes struck over an earlier half écu, Droulers[2] notes that all known specimens from this mint are overstruck. The obverse dies are leftovers from the earlier buste du type au palmes.

Reported Mintage: 25,003[2] (all on reformed blanks), a scarce date.

Specification: 13.72 g, 0.917 fine silver, 32-35 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVVM FAC REGEM, designed by Joseph Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 623, Dr/2 № 425, KM-325.3; Gad-189a.

Source:

  • [2]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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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