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[[Image:SB622-70680o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers June 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70680]] | [[Image:SB622-70680o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers June 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 70680]] | ||
[[Image:SB622-70680r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | [[Image:SB622-70680r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| + | [[Image:France 1553M teston obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]] | ||
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| − | + | The first specimen was lot 70680 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France|FRANCE]]. Teston, 1553-M. Toulouse Mint. Henry II. NGC AU-55. An incredibly attractive type, this hammered French issue displays crisp strike and is still lightly lustrous beneath the deep toning that inheres to the surface. Abundant detail is scarcely interrupted by evidence of wear, with a flan crack being one of the few marks against this piece. A strong example for the medieval specialist." This type was struck by the hammer at numerous mints 1551-62. A few were milled at the Paris mint. Sombart reported 41 pieces known in his survey (plus 17 demi-testons), making this one of the most common dates. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' 691,254 for 1552-53, including a few demi-testons. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 691,254 for 1552-53, including a few demi-testons. | ||
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* [[France 1553-A teston|1553-A ''teston au moulin'']] | * [[France 1553-A teston|1553-A ''teston au moulin'']] | ||
* [[France 1553-B teston|1553-B teston]] | * [[France 1553-B teston|1553-B teston]] | ||
| + | * [[France 1553-C 2 henri d'or|1553-C ''double henri d'or'', Saint Lô mint]] | ||
| + | * [[France 1554-H teston|1554-H teston]] | ||
* [[France 1554-M teston|1554-M teston]] | * [[France 1554-M teston|1554-M teston]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1553]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1553]] | ||
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] | * return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category:Silver minors of France]] | + | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category:Silver minors of France]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]] |
Latest revision as of 15:38, 9 October 2025
The first specimen was lot 70680 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Teston, 1553-M. Toulouse Mint. Henry II. NGC AU-55. An incredibly attractive type, this hammered French issue displays crisp strike and is still lightly lustrous beneath the deep toning that inheres to the surface. Abundant detail is scarcely interrupted by evidence of wear, with a flan crack being one of the few marks against this piece. A strong example for the medieval specialist." This type was struck by the hammer at numerous mints 1551-62. A few were milled at the Paris mint. Sombart reported 41 pieces known in his survey (plus 17 demi-testons), making this one of the most common dates.
Recorded mintage: 691,254 for 1552-53, including a few demi-testons.
Specification: 9.59 g, .899 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Dupl-983, Sb 4572.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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