France 1568-H ecu d'or

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from the Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70541
the reverse image is rotated.

This specimen was lot 70541 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2021), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu d'Or, 1568-H. La Rochelle Mint. Charles IX. NGC Unc Details--Harshly Cleaned. A generally well detailed coin, with some hairlines and medium honey 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.

Recorded mintage: 5,026 including a few demi-écus d'or; a scarce date.

Specification: 3.37 g, .958 fine gold; this specimen 3.36 g.

Catalog reference: Sb-4904, Fr-378, Duplessy-1057.

Source:

  • 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, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The October 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
  • [2]Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • [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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