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Revision as of 11:58, 6 August 2025

from the Mountain Groan Collection
France 1694D quart ecu rev DSLR.jpg

The specimen shown is a quart d'écu aux palmes struck at the Lyon mint during the reign of Louis XIV of France. It succeeded the quart d'écu aux 8 L struck 1690-93 and was superseded by the quart d'écu aux insignes struck 1701-03. It is more common than either type and the 1694-D is a common date.

Recorded mintage: 440,206 (all flans reformées)[1].

Specification: 6.86 g, 0.917 fine silver, 27-28 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Joseph Roëttiers.

Catalog reference: Dr/4 № 691, Dr/2 № 414, KM 293.6.

Source:

  • [1]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.
  • Gadoury, Victor, Monnaies Royales Françaises, 1610-1792, 5me éd., Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 2018.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.

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