France 1611-I 1/4 ecu

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3022

This specimen was lot 3022 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE: Louis XIII, 1610-1643, AR 1/4 ecu, 1611-I, lovely original coin, VF-XF, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." The SCWC records this mint for 1611-17 and 1642.

Recorded mintage: unknown[2].

Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 9.35 g.

Catalog reference: KM-47.9, Duplessy-1332.

Sources:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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