View source for France 1610-9 1/4 ecu

[[Image:H61259-99018o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 61259, lot 99018]]
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This specimen was lot 99018 in Heritage sale 61259 (Dallas, TX, February 2022), where it sold for $216. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France]]: Henri IV 1/4 Ecu 1610-(9) XF Details (Cleaned) NGC, Rennes mint. A clearly struck example featuring fully legible legends." This quarter écu was struck by the hammer at at least a dozen mints starting in the time of Henry III (1580) and continuing into the reign of Louis XIV (1651). While Rennes is a common mint, this is not a common date. Quarter écus of 1610 exist for Louis XIII but not from Rennes.

''Recorded mintage:'' 109,317, including a few eighth écus.

''Specification:'' 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver.

''Catalog reference:'' Sb 4686, cf. KM 47.21 (date unlisted).

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition'', Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
* Roberts, James N., ''The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD)'', S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
* Sombart, Stéphan, ''Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610)'', Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ''The Long Island Collection of French Coins Showcase Auction #61259'', Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[France 1607-C 1/4 ecu|1607-C ''quart d'écu au marteau'']]
* [[France 1607-T 1/4 ecu|1607-T ''quart d'écu au marteau'']]
* [[France 1610-T double tournois|1610-T ''double tournois'', Henry IV]]
* [[France 1610-L 1/8 ecu|1610-L ''huitième d'écu'']]
* [[France 1610-B ecu d'or|1610-B ''écu d'or au soleil'', Henry IV]]
* [[France 1611-I 1/4 ecu|1611-I ''quart d'écu au marteau'']]
* [[France 1611-L 1/4 ecu|1611-L ''quart d'écu au marteau'']]
* [[France 1611-StP 1/4 ecu|1611 ''quart d'écu de Navarre, St.-Palais mint'']]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1610]]
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]

[[Category:Silver minors of France]][[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 61259]]