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''Recorded mintage'': 102,025. | ''Recorded mintage'': 102,025. | ||
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''Catalog reference'': Sb 4592 (12 examples reported), Duplessy-1033. | ''Catalog reference'': Sb 4592 (12 examples reported), Duplessy-1033. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:56, 9 October 2025
This specimen was lot 910 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE: François II, 1559-1560, AR teston, Bayonne, 1560-L, a nice original example, VF, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." This specimen was offered again as lot 845 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $192. Duplessy lists this type for 1559-62. This is a common date. No coinage exists with François' portrait; Henry's bust was used until 1562. This coin had a face value of 11 sols and 4 deniers tournois.
Recorded mintage: 102,025.
Specification: 9.59 g, 0.899 fine silver, this specimen 9.45 g.
Catalog reference: Sb 4592 (12 examples reported), Duplessy-1033.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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