France 1774-A louis d'or Fr-467

Künker sale 336, lot 6057

This specimen was lot 6057 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,700 (about US$2,225 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH, Louis XV, 1715-1774. Louis d'or à la vieille tête 1774, A, Paris. GOLD. R Vorzüglich. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, louis d'or of the old head of 1774, Paris mint. Scarce, extremely fine.)"

This scarce type was issued 1771-74 from six mints but the vast majority of survivors are from the Paris mint. Double louis and demi-louis also exist, the demi-louis being extremely rare. This date is common for the type but is still scarce. A few louis d'or au buste habillé of Louis XVI also exist.

Recorded mintage: 296,427^[2], a common date of a scarce type.

Specification: 8.15 g, 0.917 fine gold, 24-26 mm diameter, this specimen 8.11 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 802, Dr/2 № 546, Duplessy 1646; Fr-467; Gadoury 342.

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.
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.
Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
^[1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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