France 1587-9 1/4 ecu

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Stack's Bowers 2026 ANA sale, lot 45427
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This specimen was lot 45427 in Stack's Bowers Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction (Pittsburgh, September 2026), where it sold for $129. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/4 Ecu, 1587-(9). Rennes Mint. Henri III. ANACS EF-40. From the Ray Garrison Collection." This specimen was struck by the hammer at Toulouse during the reign of Henry III, last of the Valois dynasty. The Tours, Poitiers and Troyes mints switched the obverse/reverse legends vs. other mints. After production of the franc d'argent was suspended in 1586, this was the largest silver coin regularly struck prior to the introduction of milled coinage in the 1640's. It had a face value of fifteen sols tournois. Six examples are reported in Sombart.

Recorded mintage: 1,604,862 (mintmaster Pasnaiget) plus 219,391 (mintmaster Bedeau).

Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Sb 4662, Dup-1133; Ciani-1438.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • 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, Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2026.

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