France 1607-StP 1/4 ecu - Revision history

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "* 1607 ''huitième d'écu du Béarn'', Morlaas mint * [[France 1607-A 1/2 franc"

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Text replacement - "* [[France 1607-A 1/2 franc" to "* 1607 ''huitième d'écu du Béarn'', Morlaas mint * [[France 1607-A 1/2 franc"

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Text replacement - " .917 fine" to " 0.917 fine"

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[[Image:SB223-73003o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73003]]
[[Image:SB223-73003r.jpg|300px|thumb|The reverse image is rotated.]]

This specimen was lot 73003 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description[1] noted, "[[France|FRANCE]]. 1/4 Ecu, 1607. Saint Palais Mint. Henry IV. NGC AU-50. Some light wear barely grazes the high points and fields on this well preserved Ecu of Navarre. Rich and consistent gunmetal gray cabinet patina adorns both faces, but this does not obstruct the shine of rather glossy surfaces." This specimen was struck by the hammer at St-Palais in Bearn during the reign of Henry IV, founder of the Bourbon dynasty (1589-1793). This was the largest silver coin regularly struck in [[France]] prior to the introduction of milled coinage in the 1640's. The SCWC lists an expensive quarter écu for St-Palais (KM 31) but these are probably the scarce machine-struck specimens; as the SCWC offers no picture, one cannot be definite. Reverse legend: ''GRATIA.DEI.SVM.ID.Q.SVM'' = "By the grace of God, I am what I am."

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown[2].

''Specification:'' 9.71 g, .917 fine silver, 26-31 mm diameter, plain edge or no edge.

''Catalog reference:'' Sb 4710, KM 1.1?, Duplessy 1238, Ciani 1519.

''[[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.
* [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[France 1606-Pau 1/4 ecu|1606 ''quart d'écu du Béarn'']]
* [[France 1607-Z denier tournois|1607-Z denier tournois]]
* [[France 1607-D double tournois|1607-D double tournois]]
* [[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 1607-A 1/2 franc|1607-A ''demi-franc'', piéfort]]
* [[France 1607-A franc|1607-A franc, quadruple piefort]]
* [[France 1608-Mor 1/4 ecu|1608 ''quart d'écu du Béarn'']]
* [[France 1609-StP 1/4 ecu|1609 ''quart d'écu de Navarre,'' St.-Palais mint]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1607]]
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]

[[Category:Silver minors of France]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]]

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 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
-''Specification:'' 9.71 g, .917 fine silver, 26-31 mm diameter, plain edge or no edge.
+''Specification:'' 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver, 26-31 mm diameter, plain edge or no edge.
 ''Catalog reference:'' Sb 4710, KM 1.1?, Duplessy 1238, Ciani 1519.

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 [[Image:SB223-73003o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73003]]
-[[Image:SB223-73003r.jpg|300px|thumb|The reverse image is rotated.]]
+[[Image:SB223-73003r.jpg|300px|thumb]]
 This specimen was lot 73003 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France|FRANCE]]. 1/4 Ecu, 1607. Saint Palais Mint. Henry IV. NGC AU-50. Some light wear barely grazes the high points and fields on this well preserved Ecu of Navarre. Rich and consistent gunmetal gray cabinet patina adorns both faces, but this does not obstruct the shine of rather glossy surfaces." This specimen was struck by the hammer at St-Palais in Bearn during the reign of Henry IV, founder of the Bourbon dynasty (1589-1793). This was the largest silver coin regularly struck in [[France]] prior to the introduction of milled coinage in the 1640's. The SCWC lists an expensive quarter écu for St-Palais (KM 31) but these are probably the scarce machine-struck specimens; as the SCWC offers no picture, one cannot be definite. Reverse legend: ''GRATIA.DEI.SVM.ID.Q.SVM'' = "By the grace of God, I am what I am."

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 This specimen was lot 73003 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France|FRANCE]]. 1/4 Ecu, 1607. Saint Palais Mint. Henry IV. NGC AU-50. Some light wear barely grazes the high points and fields on this well preserved Ecu of Navarre. Rich and consistent gunmetal gray cabinet patina adorns both faces, but this does not obstruct the shine of rather glossy surfaces." This specimen was struck by the hammer at St-Palais in Bearn during the reign of Henry IV, founder of the Bourbon dynasty (1589-1793). This was the largest silver coin regularly struck in [[France]] prior to the introduction of milled coinage in the 1640's. The SCWC lists an expensive quarter écu for St-Palais (KM 31) but these are probably the scarce machine-struck specimens; as the SCWC offers no picture, one cannot be definite. Reverse legend: ''GRATIA.DEI.SVM.ID.Q.SVM'' = "By the grace of God, I am what I am."
-''Recorded mintage:'' unknown<sup>[2]</sup>.
+''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 ''Specification:'' 9.71 g, .917 fine silver, 26-31 mm diameter, plain edge or no edge.

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 * [[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 1607-A 1/2 franc|1607-A ''demi-franc'', piéfort]]
 * [[France 1607-A franc|1607-A franc, quadruple piefort]]

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 ''Link to:''
 * [[France 1606-Pau 1/4 ecu|1606 ''quart d'écu du Béarn'']]
 * [[France 1607-Z denier tournois|1607-Z denier tournois]]