France 1587-G 1/8 ecu

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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This specimen was struck by the hammer at Poitiers 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, the quarter écu was the largest silver coin regularly struck prior to the introduction of milled coinage in the 1640's. This eighth écu had a face value of 7½ sols tournois. Poitiers struck this type 1587-88 only. Sombart lists four known for this date, making it common for the type. Nineteen quarter écus are reported for 1587-G.

Recorded mintage: 72,576, mostly quarter écus.

Specification: 4.85 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Sb 4668.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Sombart, Stéphan, Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610), Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 133, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017.

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