France 1591-T 1/4 ecu

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Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71337
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This specimen was lot 71337, in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/4 Ecu, 1591-T. Nantes Mint. Charles X. NGC AU-53. Some weakness is noted in the legends, but an otherwise sharp strike for the issue and on a pleasing flan. An attractive cabinet tone highlights, while a charming luster peeks through from beneath. Seldom encountered this presentable." This coin was struck by the Catholic League in the name of their candidate for the throne, Charles X. The problem was that the putative Charles X was an ordained priest and a prisoner of the (formerly) Protestant Henry IV. 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.

Recorded mintage: 572,983.

Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 9.49 g.

Catalog reference: Dupl-1177A; Ciani-1487, Sb-4670.

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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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