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[[Image:France 1604A 2 tournois v42 0163.jpg|550px|thumb|from www.CGB.fr]] | [[Image:France 1604A 2 tournois v42 0163.jpg|550px|thumb|from www.CGB.fr]] | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[Image:France 1604A 2 tournois obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]] |
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| − | The specimen shown is a double tournois of Henry IV of [[France]] (r. 1589-1610) struck by the hammer at the Paris mint (mintmark "A") in 1598-1610. Paris is the only mint to strike the ''double tournois'' in 1604. These coins were produced by private contractors in large quantities at a profusion of mints and in many varieties until the 1640's. The issues of Henry IV were reasonable compared to those of the regency of Louis XIII, when the queen-mother sold production contracts to many of her supporters. The face value was two deniers. This specimen was lot 163 in CGB sale 46 (Paris, December 2010). | + | The first specimen shown is a double tournois of Henry IV of [[France]] (r. 1589-1610) struck by the hammer at the Paris mint (mintmark "A") in 1598-1610. Paris is the only mint to strike the ''double tournois'' in 1604. These coins were produced by private contractors in large quantities at a profusion of mints and in many varieties until the 1640's. The issues of Henry IV were reasonable compared to those of the regency of Louis XIII, when the queen-mother sold production contracts to many of her supporters. The face value was two deniers. This specimen was lot 163 in CGB sale 46 (Paris, December 2010). |
''Recorded mintage:'' est. 1,117,400, a common date. | ''Recorded mintage:'' est. 1,117,400, a common date. | ||
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* [[France 1603-A denier tournois|1603-A ''denier tournois'']] | * [[France 1603-A denier tournois|1603-A ''denier tournois'']] | ||
* [[France 1604-B 1/2 franc|1604-B ''demi-franc'']] | * [[France 1604-B 1/2 franc|1604-B ''demi-franc'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1604-L 1/4 ecu|1604-L ''quart d'écu au marteau'']] | ||
* [[France 1604-Z 1/4 ecu|1604-Z ''quart d'écu du Dauphiné'']] | * [[France 1604-Z 1/4 ecu|1604-Z ''quart d'écu du Dauphiné'']] | ||
| + | * [[France 1604-StP 1/4 ecu|1604 ''quart d'écu de Navarre'', St.-Palais mint]] | ||
* [[France 1607-D double tournois|1607-D ''double tournois'']] | * [[France 1607-D double tournois|1607-D ''double tournois'']] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1604]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1604]] | ||
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] | * return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Base metal coinage of France]] | + | [[Category:Base metal coinage of France]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]] |
Latest revision as of 21:49, 2 March 2025
The first specimen shown is a double tournois of Henry IV of France (r. 1589-1610) struck by the hammer at the Paris mint (mintmark "A") in 1598-1610. Paris is the only mint to strike the double tournois in 1604. These coins were produced by private contractors in large quantities at a profusion of mints and in many varieties until the 1640's. The issues of Henry IV were reasonable compared to those of the regency of Louis XIII, when the queen-mother sold production contracts to many of her supporters. The face value was two deniers. This specimen was lot 163 in CGB sale 46 (Paris, December 2010).
Recorded mintage: est. 1,117,400, a common date.
Specification: 3.13 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM 16.1, Dupl-1273, Sb 4184.
- 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.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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