France 1592-B 1/8 ecu

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Künker sale 335, lot 4971

This specimen was lot 4971 in Künker sale 335 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €120 (about US$157 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH. Charles X, 1589-1590. 1/8 Ecu 1592, B, Rouen. Posthume Prägung mit Namen des Gegenkönigs der katholischen Liga. Kreuz, an den Enden je eine Lilie//Gekröntes Wappen, zu den Seiten V - III. Sehr schön. Aus der Sammlung Eberhard Link. Exemplar der Lagerliste Bourgey, Paris, Juni 1967, Nr. 476. Charles X war der von der katholischen Liga nach dem Tode Henris III aufgestellte Gegenkönig von Frankreich. Er gehörte dem geistlichen Stand an und war Kardinal der römischen Kirche. Er konnte sich aber nicht gegen seinen Neffen Henri IV durchsetzen und wurde von einem Aufstand der Pariser Massen in die Flucht geschlagen. (kingdom of France, pretender Charles X, 1589-90, one-eighth écu of 1592, Rouen mint. Posthumous strike by the Catholic League. Obverse: floriate cross; reverse: crowned arms divide the value, very fine. Charles X was the candidate of the Catholic League for the French throne. He was a Cardinal in the Church and the prisoner of his rival, Henry IV.)"

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. It had a face value of seven sols, six deniers tournois. It is much scarcer than the relatively common quart d'écu even tho diehard Leaguers struck this as late as 1598.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a scarce date of a scarce type.

Specification: 4.85 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 4,79 g.

Catalog reference: Duplessy 1178, Sb 4672.

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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 335: Bracteates from Upper Swabia and the area of the Lake Constance | Coins and Medals from Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. the Dr. Karl Walter Bach Collection of coins of the Austrian nobility, Special collections of Bavaria, Lubeck, Wurttemberg as well as siege coins from the Eberhard Link Collection. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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