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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2791959, member: 4298&quot;]In a recent thread initiated by [USER=75936]@Greg Heinrich[/USER] I wrote :</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, it&#039;s here I think <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]648762[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">This is the seller&#039;s pic of that very coin from a previous sale (not enough time to take pics today)</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b> Demi écu, argent - 1669</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Atelier de Trévoux</p><p>AN . MA . LVD . PRIN . SVPRE . DOMBA Buste drapé de 3/4 à droite</p><p><i>rosette</i> DNS <i>trefle </i>ADIVTOR <i>rosette</i> A <i>rosette</i> ET . RED . MEVS 1672 Ecu d&#039;Orléans couronné</p><p>13.45 gr - 33 mm</p><p>Ref : Divo Dombes # 222 (moins de dix ex. connus), PA # 5219</p><p><br /></p><p>Anne Marie Louise de Bourbon, AKA <i>La Grande Mademoiselle</i>, was born to Gaston d&#039;Orleans and Marie de Montpensier in 1627 CE. A few days after her birth her mother passed away and she became sole heir of the <b>principality of Dombes.</b> Until she&#039;d been emancipated by her cousin Louis XIV &quot;<i>Le Roi Soleil</i>&quot; in 1650 CE, her father (and Louis XIV&#039;s uncle) Gaston d&#039;Orleans ruled the Dombes as regent.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those interested in reading a little more here&#039;s the Wikipedia page on the subject of the Dombes principality (in english) : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dombes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dombes" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dombes</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Anne Marie Louise coinage is abundant, especially 1/12 ecu also known as <i>Luigini</i>, which have been shamelessely copied by other rulers as they were very popular in the whole Middle East at the moment, purportedly because they featured a female bust on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than that are liards, a rather crude billon coinage, usually struck on short flans (finding one with complete legends and date is quite unusual) that you can find by the million.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1271144[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="5"><b> Liard, billon - 1669</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p>Atelier de Trévoux</p><p>+ M . P . DOMBAR . D . MONTI. M couronné entre trois fleurs de lis dans un cercle</p><p>Rose DNS [ADIVT]OR MEVS 1669 Croix de l&#039;ordre de Saint Esprit</p><p>0.61 gr</p><p>Ref : Divo Dombes # 240v</p><p><br /></p><p>Some other very rare denominations exist, such as a gold sequin, and exceedingly rare ecus and 1/6 ecus</p><p><br /></p><p>The demi écu is quite a big chunck of silver (size between half-dollar and dollar at 33/33.5 mm) with an impressive look to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>As stated above the 1673 demi ecu is an easy one. I think at least one or two hundreds of them survive nowadays (yes, it seems very low, but remember there are only a few lunatics crazy enough to collect them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</p><p><br /></p><p>All the others known to exist are key dates : I assume a total of about 20 examples are known to exist for 1665 (2 ; I mistakenly said unique previously), 1669 (&lt;10), 1672 (&lt;4) and 1674 (2).</p><p><br /></p><p>1665 being out of reach at the moment, I will have to live with the set remaining incomplete, but I might be lucky...and I&#039;m an optimistic guy...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the others :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1271145[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="5"><b> Demi écu, argent - 1672 </b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Atelier de Trévoux</p><p>AN . MA . LVD . PRIN . SVPRE . DOMBA Buste drapé de 3/4 à droite</p><p>* DOMINVS * ADIVTOR . A . ET . REDE . MEVS 1672 Ecu d&#039;Orléans couronné</p><p>13.49 gr</p><p>Ref : Divo Dombes # 223 (3 ex. connus), PA # 5220v, Boudeau # 1093</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1271146[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="5"><b> Demi écu, argent - 1673</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Atelier de Trévoux</p><p>AN . MA . LVD . PRIN . SVPRE . DOMBA Buste drapé de 3/4 à droite</p><p>* DOMINVS (trèfle) ADIVTOR . A . ET . REDE . MEVS 1673 Ecu d&#039;Orléans couronné</p><p>13.59 gr</p><p>Ref : Divo Dombes # 224, PA # 5220, Boudeau # 1093</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1271147[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="5"><b> Demi écu, argent - 1674 </b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Atelier de Trévoux</p><p>AN . MA . LVD . PRIN . SVPRE . DOMBA Buste drapé de 3/4 à droite</p><p>* DOMINVS (trefle) ADIVTOR . A . ET . REDE . MEVS 1674 Ecu d&#039;Orléans couronné</p><p>13.33 gr</p><p>Ref : Divo Dombes # 225 (2° exemplaire connu), PA # 5220v, Boudeau # 1093</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you enjoy them as much as I do (well not <i>that </i>much, I don&#039;t need more competition actually <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Q</p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="3">Edited on march 14, 2021 to reload lost images</font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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