France 1607-Mor 1/8 ecu

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74651
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This specimen was lot 74651 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Navarre-Bearn. 1/8 Ecu, 1607. Morlaas Mint. Henry IV. PCGS EF-40. From the Richard August Collection." This eighth écu was struck by the hammer at at least a dozen mints starting in the time of Henry III (1580) and continuing into the reign of Louis XIV (1651). This denomination is much scarcer than the contemporary quart d'écu au marteau. Some mints had the king's name on the cross side (as here) and others had the king's name on the shield side. One example is reported by Sombart along with one quart d'écu.

Recorded mintage: 98,468 including quarts d'écu.

Specification: 4.85 g, 0.833 fine silver, 24-26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Sb 4708, KM-2.1; Dupl-1239; Ciani-1529.

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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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