France 1566-Y ecu d'or

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Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale, lot 22492
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This specimen was lot 22492 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu d'Or, 1566-Y. Bourges Mint. Charles IX. NGC MS-61. A decently struck and well centered gold ecu with pale golden toning." This coin is called the écu d'or au soleil in Duplessy[2] with a face value of fifty sols tournois and is noted with many variations in obverse and reverse legends. This type was the standard gold coin of France prior to the introduction of the milled louis d'or in 1641. This is likely a rare date, with four reported in Sombart's survey[3].

Recorded mintage: 3,978[3], a scarce date.

Specification: 3.37 g, 0.958 fine gold, this specimen 3.34 g.

Catalog reference: Sb-4904, Fr-378; Dupl-1057.

Source:

  • [2]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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
  • [3]Sombart, Stéphan, Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610), Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.

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