France 1645-9 1/4 ecu

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Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 56165
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This specimen was lot 56165 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/4 Ecu, 1645-(9). Rennes Mint. Louis XIV. NGC AU-58. SCARCE mint." This is among the last hammered coins struck in France. After production of the franc d'argent was suspended in 1586, this was the largest silver coin regularly struck prior to the introduction of milled coinage in the 1640's. Under Henry III, it had a face value of fifteen sols tournois, by 1645, its value had risen to 21 sols tournois. It was struck at Rennes 1643-48. Note the king's name on the shield side; other mints placed his name on the cross side.

Recorded mintage: 374,933, the most common date.

Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver, 26-31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 429, KM-142.19; Dupl-1451a.

Source:

  • Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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