France 1792-A ecu Dav-1333

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Jean Elsen sale 150, lot 1400

This specimen was lot 1400 in Jean Elsen sale 150 (Brussels, March 2022), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,712 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XVI (1774-1793), AR écu aux rameaux d'olivier, 1792A, Paris. D/ B. habillé à g., les cheveux noués par un ruban. R/ Ecu de France couronné, entre deux rameaux d'olivier. Très rare Belle patine foncée, avec trace d'une étiquette collée dans le champ au droit. Frappé sur flan large. presque Superbe. Le dernier écu royal, frappé jusqu'au 27 février 1792. (kingdom of France, Louis XVI, 1774-93, silver écu of the olive branches of 1792, Paris mint. Obverse: uniformed bust left, hair tied in a ribbon; reverse: crowned arms of France between two olive branches. Very rare, nice patina with a trace of a label in the field on the obverse. struck on a large planchet, about Extremely Fine. The last royal écu, struck until Februay 27, 1792.)"

This specimen is an écu au buste habillé struck at the Paris mint, one of a type struck there 1775-92. Its divisions were the half, 1/5, 1/10 and 1/20 écu, struck in modest quantities. The écu was worth $1.10 in the USA before the Civil War. The écu au buste habillé is the most popular coin of Louis XVI among collectors.

Recorded mintage: 93,500[2], a rare date.

Specification: silver, 11 deniers (.917 fine), 8.3 pieces to the mark (29.488 g), face value 6 livres, 39 mm diameter. Engraved by Benjamin Duvivier; this specimen 29,29 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 883, Dr/2 № 616, Dav-1333, Dupl-1708; Gad-356.

Source:

  • Ciani, Louis, Les Monnaies Royales Françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI, avec indication de leur valuer actuelle, Paris, 1926 (reprinted in Barcelona, 1965).
  • [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.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • 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.
  • Guilloteau, Victor, Monnaies Françaises, Colonies 1670-1942 et Metropole 1774-1942, Versailles, 1942.

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