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''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
  
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''Specification:'' 9.71 g, .917 fine silver, this specimen 38.48 g.
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''Specification:'' 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 38.48 g.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' cf.Duplessy-1133; Ciani-1439.  
 
''Catalog reference:'' cf.Duplessy-1133; Ciani-1439.  
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
* Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition,'' Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
 
* Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition,'' Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
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* 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.
 
* Sombart, Stéphan, ''Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610)'', Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2012.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2012.
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* [[France 1576-A franc]]
 
* [[France 1576-A franc]]
 
* [[France 1578-A franc|1578-A franc]]
 
* [[France 1578-A franc|1578-A franc]]
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* [[France 1578-D franc|1578-D ''franc au col plat'']]
 
* [[France 1578-G franc|1578-G ''franc au col plat'']]
 
* [[France 1578-G franc|1578-G ''franc au col plat'']]
 
* [[France 1578-P franc|1578-P ''franc au col plat'']]
 
* [[France 1578-P franc|1578-P ''franc au col plat'']]
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* [[France 1578-T franc|1578-T ''franc au col plat'']]
 
* [[France 1578-E ecu d'or|1578-E ''écu d'or au soleil,'' Tours mint]]
 
* [[France 1578-E ecu d'or|1578-E ''écu d'or au soleil,'' Tours mint]]
 
* [[France 1578-F ecu d'or|1578-F ''écu d'or au soleil,'' Angers mint]]
 
* [[France 1578-F ecu d'or|1578-F ''écu d'or au soleil,'' Angers mint]]
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* [[France 1578-G ecu d'or|1578-G ''écu d'or au soleil,'' Poitiers 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-K ecu d'or|1578-K ''écu d'or au soleil'']]
 
* [[France 1578-K ecu d'or|1578-K ''écu d'or au soleil'']]
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* [[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'']]
 
* [[France 1578-P ecu d'or|1578-P ''écu d'or au soleil'']]
 
* [[France 1578-T ecu d'or|1578-T ''écu d'or au soleil'']]
 
* [[France 1578-T ecu d'or|1578-T ''écu d'or au soleil'']]

Latest revision as of 21:38, 2 June 2026

Ponterio sale 173, lot 1243
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 1243 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $2,820. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. 1/4 Ecu Piefort in Quadruple Weight, 1578-A. Henry III (1574-1589). VERY RARE. A couple of small edge bumps. Attractively toned. VERY FINE." The French mint experimented with milled coinage (such as is shown here) in the sixteenth century but did not adopt it conprehensively until the great reform of the 1640's. The quarter écu was the largest coin that could be struck by the hammer so to make heavier coins for presentation, thicker planchets were used.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.71 g, 0.917 fine silver, this specimen 38.48 g.

Catalog reference: cf.Duplessy-1133; Ciani-1439.

Source:

  • 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]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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