France 1733-D louis d'or
This specimen was lot 3531 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €725 (about US$951 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH, Louis XV, 1715-1774. Louis d'or aux lunettes 1733, D, Lyon. GOLD. Sehr schön. Exemplar der Auktion Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. 353, Frankfurt/Main 1997, Nr. 1442. (kingdom of France, Louis XV, 1715-74, gold louis of the spectacles of 1733, Lyon mint. Very fine.)"
This type, introduced in 1726 as part of Cardinal Fleury's coinage reform, terminated the constant financial manipulations which had bedeviled the regency period. Its initial face value was 20 livres, which was raised to 24 livres in May 1726. This date obtains a slight premium over the 1733-A but is not listed as rare.
Recorded mintage: 24,338.
Specification: 8.16 g, 0.917 fine gold, 22-23 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Norbert Roëttiers, this specimen 8.12 g.
Catalog reference: Duplessy 1640; Dr/4 № 800, Dr/2 № 540, Fr-461; KM-489.13; Gad-340.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
- 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.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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- 1733-P demi-écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1733-& demi-écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1733-A écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1733-L écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1733-P écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1733-V écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1733-Y écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1733-I demi-louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1733-A louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1733-H louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1733-I louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1733-N louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1734-& écu aux branches d'olivier
- 1734-A louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1734-D louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1734-K louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1734-S louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1734-T louis d'or aux lunettes
- 1734-9 louis d'or aux lunettes
- Coins and currency dated 1733
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)