France 1562-D ecu d'or

Sincona sale 46, lot 330

This specimen was lot 330 in Sincona sale 46 (Zurich, May 2018), where it sold for 700 CHF (about US$840 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"Frankreich, Charles IX. 1560-1574. Ecu dor 1562, Lyon. Gutes sehr schön. (kingdom of France, Charles IX, 1560-74, écu d'or of 1562, Lyon mint. Good very fine.)"

This coin is called the écu d'or au soleil in Duplessy with a face value of fifty sols tournois and is noted with many variations in obverse and reverse legends. This specimen has a Roman numeral date. This type was the standard gold coin of France prior to the introduction of the milled louis d'or in 1641.

Recorded mintage: 4,219.

Specification: 3.37 g, .958 fine gold, this specimen 3.36 g.

Catalog reference: Duplessy 1057, Fr-378, Sb-4904.

Source:

• Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
• Sombart, Stéphan, Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610), Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• ^[1]Richter, Jürg, Auction 46, Gold Coins and Medals, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2018.

Link to:

• 1561-B henri d'or
• 1562-H teston
• 1562-L teston
• 1562-Z teston du Dauphiné
• 1562-A écu d'or au soleil
• 1562-N écu d'or au soleil
• 1562-9 écu d'or au soleil
• 1563-C écu d'or au soleil
• Coins and currency dated 1562
• return to French royal coinage (to 1793)