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''Specification:'' 3.37 g, .958 fine gold. | ''Specification:'' 3.37 g, .958 fine gold. | ||
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* [[France 1578-K ecu d'or|1578-K ''écu d'or au soleil,'' Bordeaux mint]] | * [[France 1578-K ecu d'or|1578-K ''écu d'or au soleil,'' Bordeaux mint]] | ||
* [[France 1578-H ecu d'or|1578-H ''écu d'or au soleil'']] | * [[France 1578-H ecu d'or|1578-H ''écu d'or au soleil'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1578-M ecu d'or|1578-M ''écu d'or au soleil,'' Toulouse mint]] | ||
* [[France 1578-P ecu d'or|1578-P ''écu d'or au soleil,'' Dijon mint]] | * [[France 1578-P ecu d'or|1578-P ''écu d'or au soleil,'' Dijon mint]] | ||
* [[France 1579-H 1/4 ecu|1579-H ''quart d'écu'']] | * [[France 1579-H 1/4 ecu|1579-H ''quart d'écu'']] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:30, 4 December 2024
This specimen was lot 70441 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Ecu d'Or, 1579-H. La Rochelle Mint. Henry III. NGC MS-61. Henri was originally king of Poland, but he left Poland in 1574 to succeed his brother Charles IX as king of France. Thus Henri's coins are collected in both countries extensively. Struck at the La Rochelle mint, (H), and a true mint state example. A sterling example of the type, and worthy of a premium bid." This coin is called the écu d'or au soleil in Duplessy[2] with a face value of sixty sols tournois and is noted with many variations in obverse and reverse legends.
Recorded mintage: 2,556[3].
Specification: 3.37 g, .958 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Sb 4932, Fr-386; Dupl-1121; Ci. 1410; Laf. 960.
- [2]Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
- [3]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:
- 1578-E écu d'or au soleil, Tours mint
- 1578-F écu d'or au soleil, Angers mint
- 1578-K écu d'or au soleil, Bordeaux mint
- 1578-H écu d'or au soleil
- 1578-M écu d'or au soleil, Toulouse mint
- 1578-P écu d'or au soleil, Dijon mint
- 1579-H quart d'écu
- 1579-D franc au col plat
- 1579-G franc au col plat
- 1579-L franc au col plat
- 1579-T franc au col plat
- Dombes 1579 ecu d'or Fr-122
- 1579-M écu d'or au soleil, Toulouse mint
- 1583-B écu d'or au soleil, Rouen mint
- Coins and currency dated 1579
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)