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''Catalog reference:'' Duplessy 1224, Sb-4686. | ''Catalog reference:'' Duplessy 1224, Sb-4686. | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 6 August 2023
This specimen was struck by the hammer during the reign of Henry IV, founder of the Bourbon dynasty (1589-1793). It is a product of the La Rochelle mint (mintmark "H"). This was the largest silver coin regularly struck in France prior to the introduction of milled coinage in the 1640's.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Duplessy 1224, Sb-4686.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1589-H quart d'écu
- 1590-CH double tournois
- 1590-M demi-franc, in the name of Henry III
- 1590-L quart d'écu au marteau
- 1590 quart d'écu du Béarn, Pau mint
- 1590-A écu d'or au soleil, Charles X
- 1591-T quart d'écu, Charles X
- 1591-9 quart d'écu, Henry IV
- Coins and currency dated 1590
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)