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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
  
''Specification:'' 4.85 g, .833 fine silver, 24-26 mm diameter, this specimen 4,47 g.  
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''Specification:'' 4.85 g, 0.833 fine silver, 24-26 mm diameter, this specimen 4,47 g.  
  
''Catalog reference:'' Dupl. 1337; Gad. 25.
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''Catalog reference:'' Dupl-1337; Gad-25.
  
 
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* [[France 1611-B 1/2 franc|1611-B ''demi-franc au buste lauré au col fraisé'']]
 
* [[France 1611-B 1/2 franc|1611-B ''demi-franc au buste lauré au col fraisé'']]
 
* [[France 1611-M 1/2 franc|1611-M ''demi-franc'', bust of Henry IV]]
 
* [[France 1611-M 1/2 franc|1611-M ''demi-franc'', bust of Henry IV]]
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* [[France 1611-I 1/4 ecu|1611-I ''quart d'écu au marteau'']]
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* [[France 1611-L 1/4 ecu|1611-L ''quart d'écu au marteau'']]
 
* [[France 1611-StP 1/4 ecu|1611 ''quart d'écu de Navarre, St.-Palais mint'']]
 
* [[France 1611-StP 1/4 ecu|1611 ''quart d'écu de Navarre, St.-Palais mint'']]
 
* [[France 1615-C 1/2 franc|1615-C ''demi-franc de Saint-Lô au buste enfantin, lauré at au col fraisé'']]
 
* [[France 1615-C 1/2 franc|1615-C ''demi-franc de Saint-Lô au buste enfantin, lauré at au col fraisé'']]
* [[France 1629-L 1/8 ecu|1629 ''huitième d'écu'', Bayonne mint]]
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* [[France 1628-F 1/8 ecu|1628-F ''huitième d'écu de Navarre'', St-Palais mint]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1611]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1611]]
 
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]
 
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]
  
 
[[Category:Silver minors of France]][[Category: Selections from Jean Elsen sale 131]]
 
[[Category:Silver minors of France]][[Category: Selections from Jean Elsen sale 131]]

Latest revision as of 09:18, 31 March 2026

Jean Elsen sale 131, lot 903

This specimen was lot 903 in Jean Elsen sale 131 (Brussels, December 2016), where it sold for €120 (about US$151 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Louis XIII (1610-1643), AR huitième d'écu de Navarre, 1611, Saint-Palais. D/ Croix fleurdelisée. R/ Ecu couronné, parti France et Navarre, entre V-III. Rare. presque Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Louis XIII (1610-43), silver eighth ecu of Navarre, St. Palais mint. Obverse: floriate cross; reverse: crowned arms of France and Navarre divide "V-III". Rare, about very fine.)"

This eighth écu was struck by the hammer at many mints starting in the time of Henry III (1580) and continuing into the reign of Louis XIV (1651).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.85 g, 0.833 fine silver, 24-26 mm diameter, this specimen 4,47 g.

Catalog reference: Dupl-1337; Gad-25.

Source:

  • Droulers, Frédéric, Répertoire General des Monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (1610-1792), 4e édition. Paris: AFPN, 2009.
  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 131, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2016.

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