Gold Ecu with sun - Charles IX and successors cross on obverse
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Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Charles IX (1560-1574)
Henry III (Henri III) (1574-1589) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1565-1575 |
| Value | 1 Gold Ecu |
| Currency | Livre tournois (1204-1795) |
| Composition | Gold (.958) |
| Weight | 3.375 g |
| Diameter | 24.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 191539 |
| References | Dy royales# 1057C; 1098A Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes). Louis Ciani, Jules Florange (ed.); 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles (publisher). Les monnaies des rois de France. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles, Paris, France / Basel, Switzerland (2 volumes). Stéphan Sombart; 2022. Monnaies royales françaises de Louis XI à Henri IV / Volume 1: 1461-1610. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco. |
Obverse
Crowned shield of France.
Script: Latin
Lettering: ✠ CAROL.IX.D.G.FRANC.REX 1574
Reverse
A fleur-de-lys cross with a heart-shaped quatrefoil containing the workshop letter.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CRISTVS.REG.VINC.ET.IMPERAT.
Mints
| 9 | Rennes, France (?-1772) |
| H | La Rochelle, France (?-1837) |
| I | Limoges, France (?-1837) |
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1565 I | |||||||||||||||
| 1566 I | |||||||||||||||
| 1569 9 | CPSX | ||||||||||||||
| 1574 H | 1574/64 | ||||||||||||||
| 1575 H | 170 | ||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 94
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Bullion value: USD 468.14
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Actual gold weight: 0.104 oz
Current gold price: 4503.45 USD/oz (see gold price 
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