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''Specification:'' 7.09 g, 0.833 fine silver. | ''Specification:'' 7.09 g, 0.833 fine silver. | ||
| − | ''Catalog reference:'' Duplessy no. 1212, KM 14.2, Sb 4778. | + | ''Catalog reference:'' Duplessy no. 1212, KM 14.2, Sb 4778 (23 examples reported). |
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| − | * [[France | + | * [[France 1601-D 1/2 franc|1601-D ''demi-franc'']] |
* [[France 1602-N 1/2 franc|1602-N ''demi-franc'']] | * [[France 1602-N 1/2 franc|1602-N ''demi-franc'']] | ||
* [[France 1602-K 1/4 ecu|1602-K ¼ écu]] | * [[France 1602-K 1/4 ecu|1602-K ¼ écu]] | ||
* [[France 1603-A denier tournois|1603-A ''denier tournois'']] | * [[France 1603-A denier tournois|1603-A ''denier tournois'']] | ||
| − | * [[France 1603-T 1/8 ecu|1603-T ''huitiême d'écu'']] | + | * [[France 1603-T 1/8 ecu|1603-T ''huitiême d'écu, croix feuillue de face'']] |
| + | * [[France 1603-N 1/2 franc|1603-N ''demi-franc'']] | ||
* [[France 1603-H 1/4 ecu|1603-H ''quart d'écu'']] | * [[France 1603-H 1/4 ecu|1603-H ''quart d'écu'']] | ||
* [[France 1603-K 1/4 ecu|1603-K ''quart d'écu'']] | * [[France 1603-K 1/4 ecu|1603-K ''quart d'écu'']] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:51, 26 October 2025
The specimen shown is a demi-franc of Henry IV of France (r. 1589-1610) struck by the hammer at the Lyon mint (mintmark "D") in 1594-1605. Each mint seems to have used a slightly different bust of the king.
Recorded mintage: 119,784, the most common date.
Specification: 7.09 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: Duplessy no. 1212, KM 14.2, Sb 4778 (23 examples reported).
- 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.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
Link to:
- 1601-D demi-franc
- 1602-N demi-franc
- 1602-K ¼ écu
- 1603-A denier tournois
- 1603-T huitiême d'écu, croix feuillue de face
- 1603-N demi-franc
- 1603-H quart d'écu
- 1603-K quart d'écu
- 1603-L quart d'écu
- 1603 quart d'écu de Navarre
- 1603 quart d'écu du Béarn, Morlaas mint
- 1603-R quart d'écu, écu de face
- 1603-T quart d'écu
- 1603-Z quart d'écu du Dauphiné
- 1603-9 quart d'écu
- 1604-L quart d'écu
- 1604-B demi-franc
- Coins and currency dated 1603
- return to French royal coinage (to 1793)