France 1814-K 20 francs

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Jean Elsen sale 124, lot 1043

This specimen was lot 1043 in Jean Elsen sale 124 (Brussels, March 2015), where it sold for €260 (about US$324 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Louis XVIII, première restauration (1814-1815), AV 20 francs, 1814 K, Bordeaux. presque Très Beau. (France, Louis XVIII, first restoration (1814-15), gold twenty francs of 1814, Bordeaux mint, about very fine.)"

This issue, from the Bordeaux mint, is a better date of a type struck 1814-15. The twenty francs of Louis XVIII are divided into two types, F.517 (first restoration, 1814-15) and F.519 (second restoration, bare head, 1816-24). It was demonetized in 2005.

Recorded mintage: 62,422[2], a better date.

Specification: 6.45 g, 0.900 fine gold, 21 mm diameter, edge lettered DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM, designed by Pierre Joseph Tiolier (1763-1819).

Catalog reference: KM-706.3, Gad-1026; Fr-527, F.517/3.

Sources:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [2]Prieur, Michel, and Laurent Schmitt, Le Franc 10: Les Monnaies. Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 2014.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, 1789-2019, 24me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2019.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 124, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2015.

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