France (1426) ecu d'or Fr-306
This specimen was lot 1012 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €750 (about US$1,069 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Charles VII (1422-1461), AV écu d'or à la couronne (écu vieux), 4e émission (août 1426), point 4e, Montpellier. D/ Ecu de France couronné. R/ Croix fleurdelisée et feuillue dans un quadrilobe, cantonnée de quatre couronnelles. Petit croissant sous les croisettes initiales. Rare. Très Beau à Superbe. Provient de Spink, Londres, juillet 1998. (kingdom of France, Charles VII (1422-1461), gold écu of the crown, fourth emission, August 1426, fourt point, Montpellier mint. Obverse: crowned arms of France; reverse: floriate cross in a quadrilobe, cantonned with four crowns. Tiny crescent below the crosses in the legends. Rare, Very Fine - Extremely Fine.)"
This type was worth 25 sols tournois. There were seven emissions during the reign, slightly debased each time.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.916 fine gold, this specimen 3,88 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-306, Dupl-453C; Ci. 618; Laf. 457c.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome I, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.
Link to:
- (1422) blanc aux écus, Henry VI
- (1423) petit blanc aux écus, Henry VI
- (1423) blanc aux trois lis
- (1423) écu d'or à la couronne, 1st emission, Charles VII
- (1423) salut d'or, Paris mint, Henry VI
- (1423) salut d'or, Nevers mint, Henry VI
- (1423) salut d'or, Rouen mint, Henry VI
- (1427) angelot d'or, Henry VI
- (1429) royal d'or, Poitiers mint
- Brabant (1429-31) écu d'or, Philippe de Saint-Pol
- (1431) royal d'or, La Rochelle mint
- Coins and currency dated 1426
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)