France 1607-T 1/4 ecu

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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This specimen was struck by the hammer at Nantes in Brittany during the reign of Henry IV, founder of the Bourbon dynasty (1589-1793). This particular example has the croix batonnée instead of the usual croix fleurdilisée on the obverse. Other mints put crowns on the ends of the arms and others put the king's name on the shield side instead of the cross side, as shown here. Despite the substantial mintage, Sombart reports only one known to exist in his population survey. This was the largest silver coin regularly struck in France prior to the introduction of milled coinage in the 1640's.

Recorded mintage: 221,810.

Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 28, Dupl-1222, Sb-4678.

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.

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