France 1777-I 1/2 louis d'or

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Künker Auction 425, lot 1043

This specimen was lot 1043 in Künker Auction 425 (Osnabrück, July 2025), where it sold for €15,000 (about US$21,240 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"EUROPÄISCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN · FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH Louis XVI, 1774-1793. 1/2 Louis d'or au buste habillé 1777 I, Limoges. LUD · XVI · D · G · FR · - ET NAV · REX · Brustbild l. mit dem Ordensstern Saint-Esprit//CHRS · REGN · VINC · IMPER + 1777 Zwei aneinandergelehnte, ovale Wappenschilde, darüber Krone. GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Feine Goldpatina, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (kingdom of France, Louis XVI, half gold louis of the uniform of 1777, Limoges mint. Obverse: bust left wearing the Order of the Holy Spirit; reverse: adjacent oval arms of France and Navarre, crown above. Extremely rare, especially in this condition, fine gold toning, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was struck in tiny numbers 1775-84 and was melted when the gold louis was reduced to 7.65 g in 1786. The known dates for the type are 1775-A, 1776-L, 1777-I and 1784-A, with perhaps a dozen examples known between them.

Recorded mintage: 2,241.

Specifications: 4.07 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 4,04 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 882; Dr/2 № 613, KM 573.2, Duplessy 1705; Fr-472; Gadoury 357.

Sources:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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.
  • 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, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 425: Gold coins from the Medieval and Modern Times, from the Mohr family collection, e.g. | Silver coins, e.g. highlights of medallic art | German coins after 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2025.

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