France 1721-Z ecu

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Künker sale 335, lot 4985

This specimen was lot 4985 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabruck, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €500 (about US$654 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH. Louis XV, 1715-1774. Ecu de France 1721 (Jahreszahl schlecht lesbar), Z, Grenoble. Réformation. Überprägungsspuren, vorzüglich. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, écu de France of 1721 (date illegible), Grenoble mint, reformed. Extremely fine.)"

The specimen shown is an écu au grand écusson de France of the Grenoble mint, struck while Louis XV was a minor. Droulers[2] notes the type as rather scarce but more available than the succeeding écu aux 8 L of 1724-25. The type was issued 1720-24.

Recorded mintage: 79,310, a better date.

Specification: 24.47 g, 0.917 fine silver, .722 troy oz ASW, 38 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers, this specimen 24.45 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 817, Dr/2 № 566, KM 459, Dav-1328; Duplessy 1665; Gadoury 319.

Source:

  • [2]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.
  • 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.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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