France 1567-H ecu d'or

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 20179

This specimen was lot 20179 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu d'Or, 1567-H. Charles IX (1560-74). NGC MS-63. Date in Roman numerals. Struck on a nice round flan with full legends on both sides. Soft satin luster and good eye appeal." 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.

Recorded mintage: 7,599 including a few demi-écus d'or, a common date.

Specification: 3.37 g, 0.958 fine gold.

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 II, 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
• ^[3]Sombart, Stéphan, Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610), Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.

Link to:

• 1567-D teston
• 1567-K teston
• 1567-L teston
• 1567-T teston
• 1567-A écu d'or au soleil, Paris mint
• 1567-B écu d'or au soleil
• 1567-I écu d'or au soleil
• 1567-M écu d'or au soleil
• 1567-N écu d'or au soleil
• 1567-R écu d'or au soleil
• 1567-T écu d'or au soleil
• 1568-A écu d'or au soleil, Paris mint
• 1568-H écu d'or au soleil, La Rochelle mint
• 1568-M écu d'or au soleil, Toulouse mint
• Coins and currency dated 1567
• return to French royal coinage (to 1793)