France 1722-R 1/2 ecu

Jean Elsen sale 150, lot 1365

This specimen was lot 1365 in Jean Elsen sale 150 (Brussels, March 2022), where it sold for €2,000 (about US$2,652 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XV (1715-1774), AR demi-écu de France, 1722R, Orléans. Réformation. D/ B. enfantin à d., l., dr. et cuir. R/ Ecu de France couronné. Très rare. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, silver half écu of France of 1722, Orleans mint, reformed. Obverse: laureate, draped and armored young bust right; reverse: crowned arms of France. Very rare, Very Fine.)"

This type of 1720-24 is rare, so there is little difference between rare and common mints.

Recorded mintage: unknown but all rf^[2].

Specification: 12.23 g, 0.917 fine, 33 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Norbert Roëttiers; this specimen 12,18 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 825, Dupl-1666; Gad-311.

Source:

^[2]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.
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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 150: Collection J.F.L. Blankenberg, Monnaies de l'Orient Latin, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2022.

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