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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
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''Specification:'' 9.71 g, .917 fine silver.
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''Specification:'' 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' Duplessy 1224, Sb-4686.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' Duplessy 1224, Sb-4686.  

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
France 1590H quart ecu rev DSLR.jpg

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.

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.

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