France 1586-9 1/4 ecu
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This specimen was lot 74647 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/4 Ecu, 1586-(9). Rennes Mint. Henry III. PCGS EF-40. From the Richard August Collection." Sombart reports 24 examples in his survey[2], making this a common date of a common mint. Some mints put the king's titles on the shield side but most, including Rennes, put the king's titles on the cross side.
Recorded mintage: 415,203 including some eighth écus[2].
Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Sb 4662, Dup-1133; Gad-494.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- [2]Sombart, Stéphan, Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610), Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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