France 1711-H 6 deniers
This piece de six deniers dite "dardenne" was struck at the Montpellier mint (mintmark "N"), La Rochelle (mintmark "H", shown here) and Aix en Provence (mintmark "&") 1710-12. This type was designed to consume locally mined copper along with scrap bronze and brass from cannons from the French naval arsenals in Toulon and Marseilles and pay off soldiers serving there. Eighty million pieces were authorized and at least 58 million were struck, so the type is common. This specimen was part of lot 29050 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), which sold for $384. The catalog description[2] noted, "Pair of Louis XIV 6 Deniers ("Dardennes"), 1) 1711-H VF, La Rochelle mint. Porous, evidence of past corrosion. Struck off center, affecting part of the legend. ...From the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens."
Recorded mintage: 22,114,000.
Specification: Copper, 6.12 g, 23-24.5 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 no. 780, Dr/2 no. 482, KM-400.1; Gad-85; DFW-361; Dup-1593.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [2]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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- 1710-H 6 deniers
- 1711-& 6 deniers "Dardennes"
- 1711-AA XXX deniers mousquetaire
- 1711-D XXX deniers mousquetaire
- 1711-I 1/20 d'écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-9 1/20 d'écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-& 1/10 d'écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-S quart d'écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-& quart d'écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-BB 44 sols de Strasbourg
- 1711-A demi-écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-X demi-écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-A écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-B écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-ϽC écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-D écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-G écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-H écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-N écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-9 écu aux trois couronnes
- 1711-H demi-louis d'or au soleil
- 1711-A louis d’or au soleil
- 1711-K double louis d'or au soleil
- 1712-N 6 deniers
- Coins and currency dated 1711
- return to French Royal coinage (to 1793)
