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This specimen was struck by the hammer at St-Palais in Béarn 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. It had a face value of fifteen ''sols tournois''. 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.
 
This specimen was struck by the hammer at St-Palais in Béarn 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. It had a face value of fifteen ''sols tournois''. 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.
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* [[France 1590-StP 1/4 ecu|1590 ''quart d'écu de Navarre'', St.-Palais mint]]
 
* [[France 1597-L 1/4 ecu|1597-L ''quart d'écu au marteau'']]
 
* [[France 1597-L 1/4 ecu|1597-L ''quart d'écu au marteau'']]
 
* [[France 1597-Mor 1/4 ecu|1597 ''quart d'écu du Béarn'', Morlaàs mint]]
 
* [[France 1597-Mor 1/4 ecu|1597 ''quart d'écu du Béarn'', Morlaàs mint]]

Latest revision as of 09:34, 29 July 2024

photo courtesy Stack's
France 1598StP quart ecu rev Stacks 3087.jpg
the same specimen
from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was struck by the hammer at St-Palais in Béarn 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. It had a face value of fifteen sols tournois. 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown but somewhat available.

Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Sb 4710 (9 ex.), KM 1.1?, Dupl-1238.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • 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.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

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