France 1567-I ecu d'or
This specimen was lot 70114 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2020), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu d'Or au Soleil, 1567-I. Limoges Mint. Charles IX. NGC MS-63. Incredible quality for the type that is RARELY seen, this remarkable piece offers a good deal of brilliance and stands as the only example graded in the NGC census." 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: 10,200[3] including a few demi-écus d'or, a somewhat common date.
Specification: 3.37 g, 0.958 fine silver, this specimen 3.33 g.
Catalog reference: Sb-4904, Fr-378; Dupl-1057.
- [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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The May 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
- [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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- 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-F écu d'or au soleil
- 1567-H écu d'or au soleil
- 1567-K 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-H écu d'or au soleil, La Rochelle mint
- 1568-K écu d'or au soleil
- 1568-M écu d'or au soleil, Toulouse mint
- 1569-B écu d'or au soleil, Rouen mint
- Coins and currency dated 1567