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* [[France 1602-Mor 1/4 ecu|1602 ''quart d'écu du Béarn'', Morlaàs mint]] | * [[France 1602-Mor 1/4 ecu|1602 ''quart d'écu du Béarn'', Morlaàs mint]] | ||
* [[France 1603-H 1/4 ecu|1603-H ''quart d'écu'']] | * [[France 1603-H 1/4 ecu|1603-H ''quart d'écu'']] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:40, 24 January 2024
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. This type was struck 1589-1610 but some dates are "reported, not confirmed" in Sombart, who reports 13 examples of this date.
Recorded mintage: 70,927, a common date for the type.
Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Sb 4710, KM-31, Duplessy 1238, Ciani 1519.
- 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.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
Link to:
- 1600 quart d'écu de Navarre, Saint-Palais mint
- 1601-Z quart d'écu au marteau
- 1602-N demi-franc
- 1602-K quart d'écu au marteau
- 1602-L quart d'écu, croix feuillue de face
- 1602 quart d'écu du Béarn, Morlaàs mint
- 1603-H quart d'écu
- 1603-K quart d'écu
- 1603-L quart d'écu
- 1603-R quart d'écu, écu de face
- 1603-T quart d'écu
- 1603-Z quart d'écu du Dauphiné
- 1603-9 quart d'écu
- 1603 quart d'écu du Béarn, Morlaas mint
- 1603 quart d'écu de Navarre, St.-Palais mint
- Coins and currency dated 1602
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)