France 1650-V 1/4 ecu

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Jean Elsen sale 145, lot 1107
from the Mountain Groan Collection
France 1650V quart ecu rev DSLR.jpg

This specimen was lot 1107 in Jean Elsen sale 145 (Brussels, September 2020), where it sold for €140 (about US$200 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIV (1643-1715), AR quart d'écu de Navarre, 1650V, Saint-Palais. D/ Croix fleurdelisée. R/ Ecu couronné, parti de Navarre-France, entre II-II. Rare. presque Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XIV, 1643-1715, about Very Fine.)"

This type was struck by the hammer at the Saint-Palais mint 1644-52. Many of the earlier dates are available but the 1652 is rare. The design was revised in 1651 to move the fleurs-de-lys of France to the left side of the shield where, apparently, it should have been all along. The year 1652 represents the final year of hammered coinage, a decade after milled coinage was introduced in 1641-42.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver, 30-31 mm diameter, plain edge, engraved by Richard Lamy, this specimen 9,36 g.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 432A, Dr/2 № 290, Dupl-1457; Gad-137.

Source:

  • [2]Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 2nd édition. Paris: AFPN, 1998.
  • 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 145, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

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