France 1648-A 1/4 ecu

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74701
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This specimen was lot 74701 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/4 Ecu, 1648-A. Paris Mint. Louis XIV. PCGS AU-55. Variety with heart. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1646-60 at numerous mints but never in the numbers of the 1/12 écu, half écu or écu. Hammered quart d'écu au marteau were still being struck in 1648 at Limoges, Bayonne (Dr/4 № 428), Amiens (Dr/4 № 429) and Morlaàs (Dr/4 № 433).

Recorded mintage: 235,381, a common date[2].

Specification: 6.86 g, 0.917 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Jean Warin.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 646, KM-162.1; Gad-140.

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]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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