FRANCE, Royal. temp. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. CU 20 Sols (30mm, 7.80 g, 6h). Siege of Lille. War of the Spanish Succession issue. Dated 1708.

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FRANCE, Royal. temp. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. CU 20 Sols (30mm, 7.80 g, 6h). Siege of Lille. War of the Spanish Succession issue. Dated 1708. Crowned and mantled coat-of-arms over crossed scepters / Legend in six lines. Korchnak 334; KM 7. Brown surfaces, die break. Good VF.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from J. Hazelwood, June 1964. Reportedly ex Dodd’s (September 1958), lot 328 (part of).

During the War of the Spanish Succession, Grand Alliance forces of the English, Dutch, and Austrians laid siege to the city of Lille for nearly three months. Over the course of the siege, the French commander, Marshall Boufflers, managed to exact over sixteen thousand casualties on his enemy. The battle was also the site of the famous affaire des poudres, in which the Chevalier de Luxembourg broke through the Alliance lines to deliver forty-thousand tons of much needed gunpowder to the beleaguered French defenders.

Closing Date and Time: 3 November 2021 at 13:04:20 ET.

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