France 1587-H 1/2 franc

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from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73603
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This specimen was lot 73603 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Franc, 1587-H. La Rochelle Mint. Henry III. NGC AU-55. A wholesome and sharply detailed Franc, struck a bit out of round but with a decent amount of the peripheries intact." Duplessy lists this type, which is a demi-franc, not a franc, for 1575-93 from numerous mints. The face value was ten sols tournois. Sombart reports thirteen known in his survey[2], making this a common date. The mintmark was normally directly beneath the bust but is in the outer legend on this example.

Recorded mintage: 134,136, including a few quarts de franc.

Specification: 7.09 g, 0.833 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dupl-1131, Sb 4716.

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.
  • [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, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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