France 1584-F 1/4 ecu

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44363
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 44363 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $110. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/4 Ecu, 1584-F. Angers Mint. Henry III. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, AU Details Gold Shield. A well detailed coin on a crudely prepared flan, with a bold double strike on the reverse. The toning is a light gray throughout, and a slight roughness on the upper obverse indicates the noted environmental damage. From the Sundial Valley Farms Collection." This quart d'écu was struck by the hammer. Introduced in the 1578, it superseded the testons and francs d'argent heretofore struck. It would be the most important silver coin of France until the milled coinage reform of the 1640's. It had a face value of 15 sols tournois.

Recorded mintage: 644,565[2].

Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Sb 4662, Dupl-1133.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • [2]Sombart, Stéphan, Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610), Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
  • Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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