Metz 1606 testone

from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 22285

Metz in 1648

This specimen was lot 22285 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "FRANCE. Bishopric of Strassburg & Metz. Testone, 1606. Karl von Lothringen (1593-1607). PCGS MS-63+ Secure Holder. Great strike with a nice band of electric blue tone around the periphery and nice underlying luster. Quite attractive." This type is catalogued in the SCWC as an undated quarter écu; it could also have been used as a quarter thaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-244 (listed under Strasbourg).

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.

Link to:

• Metz 1605 testone
• Metz 1619 12 gros = franc
• Metz 1628 thaler Dav-5580
• Lorraine 1629 teston KM-45
• Coins and currency dated 1606
• return to coins of French royal coinage (to 1793)