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This type, worth 12 ''sols tournois'', was struck 1561-74. Note the date in Roman numerals. The protrait is of Charles IX, king of [[France]] 1560-74 during the Wars of Religion. This is a common date, with thirty reported in Sombart's survey<sup>[2]</sup>.
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This type, worth 12 ''sols tournois'', was struck 1561-74. Note the date in Roman numerals. The protrait is of Charles IX, king of [[France]] 1560-74 during the Wars of Religion. This is a common date, with thirty reported in Sombart's survey<sup>[1]</sup>.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 214,353 including a few ''demi-écus''.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 214,353 including a few ''demi-écus''.
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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.
* <sup>[2]</sup>Sombart, Stéphan, ''Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610)'', Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>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>Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Vera Liu, ''Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction,'' Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 19:32, 4 November 2022

from the Mountain Groan Collection
France 1565M teston rev DSLR.jpg

This type, worth 12 sols tournois, was struck 1561-74. Note the date in Roman numerals. The protrait is of Charles IX, king of France 1560-74 during the Wars of Religion. This is a common date, with thirty reported in Sombart's survey[1].

Recorded mintage: 214,353 including a few demi-écus.

Specification: 9.598 g, .899 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dupl-1063; Ci. 1356; Laf. 895, Sb 4602.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome II, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • [1]Sombart, Stéphan, Franciae IV: Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises de François Ier à Henri IV (1540-1610), Paris: Éditions les Chevau-légers, 1997.

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