Chateau Renaud (1605-14) 1/4 ecu
This specimen was lot 1839 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €550 (about US$766 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, CHÂTEAU-RENAUD, Principauté, François de Bourbon, prince de Conti et Louise-Marguerite de Lorraine (1605-1614), AR quart d'écu, s.d. D/ Écu couronné, entre les lettres L-M. R/ Croix fleurdelisée. Très rare. Faiblesse de frappe. presque Très Beau. (France, principality of Chateau-Renaud, Francis of Bourbon, prince of Conti, and Louise Margaret of Lorraine, 1605-14, undated silver quarter écu. Obverse: crowned arms between the letters "L - M"; reverse: floriate cross. Very rare, weakly struck, about Very Fine.)"
Chateau-Renaud was an estate of the house of Conde, one of the leaders of the Catholic League during the Wars of Religion, until the last heiress, Louise-Marguerite de Lorraine, ceded it to Louis XIII in 1629.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.92 g, 0.917 fine silver; this specimen 6,53 g.
Catalog reference: KM 45, P.A. 6248; De Mey D26.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
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