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½ Gold Ecu with sun - Francis I 5th type

Features

Issuer France
King Francis I (François Ier) (1515-1547)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1519
Value ½ Gold Ecu
Currency Livre tournois (1204-1795)
Composition Gold (.958)
Weight 1.66 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
416235
References Dy royales# 776
Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes).
, Ciani# 1080
Louis Ciani; 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France.
, LP# 640
Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles (publisher). Les monnaies des rois de France. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles, Paris, France / Basel, Switzerland (2 volumes).
, Gad R1# 305
Stéphan Sombart; 2022. Monnaies royales françaises de Louis XI à Henri IV / Volume 1: 1461-1610. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

Obverse

Crowned arms under a sun.

Script: Latin

Lettering: + FRANCISCVS D G FRANCORV REX

Translation: Francis, by God's grace, king of the Franks.

Reverse

Floriated cross with quadrilobe in the heart, cantoned with two Fs and two lilies.

Script: Latin

Lettering: +XPS VINCIT XPS REGNAT XPS IMPERAT.

Translation: Christ defeats, Christ rules, Christ commands.

Mints

Angers, France (mid 8th century - 1662)
Bayonne, France (?-1837)
Bordeaux, France (?-1880)
Rouen, France (?-1858)
Toulouse, France (?-1837)
Tours, France
V Villefranche, modern-day Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1519)  Angers: dot 7th
ND (1519)  Bayonne: anchor
ND (1519)  Bordeaux: boat
ND (1519)  Rouen: dot 15th
ND (1519)  Toulouse: dot 5th
ND (1519)  Tours: dot 6th
ND (1519) V

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