France 1665-& 1/4 ecu
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This specimen was lot 74702 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/4 Ecu, 1665-&. Aix Mint. Louis XIV. PCGS EF-40. From the Richard August Collection." The quart d'écu au buste juvénile was struck 1663-74. There is so much variation from mint to mint that Droulers[2] has a subtype for each mint. Despite the substantial mintage for some dates, this is a very rare type.
Recorded mintage: 3,566, a rare date[2].
Specification: 6.86 g, 0.917 fine silver, 27 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Jean Warin.
Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 661, KM-213.6; Gad-143; Dupl-1485.
- 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.
Link to:
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- Coins and currency dated 1665
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)