Gold Ecu with sun and little cross - Francis I
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Francis I (François Ier) (1515-1547)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1540-1547 |
| Value | 1 Gold Ecu |
| Currency | Livre tournois (1204-1795) |
| Composition | Gold (.958) |
| Weight | 3.4 g |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 413759 |
| References | Dy royales# 886 Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes). Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 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 arms under a sun and a little cross.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FRANCISCVS D G FRANCORV REX
L
Translation: Francis, by the grace of God, king of the Franks.
Reverse
Lilied cross with two F's and two lilies in angles. Little cross on top.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
XPS VINCIT XPS REGNAT XPS IMP
L
Translation: Christ defeats, Christ rules, Christ commands.
Mints
| A | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
| B | Rouen, France (?-1858) |
| D | Lyon, France (413-1858) |
 (K) |
Bordeaux, France (?-1880) |
 (L) |
Bayonne, France (?-1837) |
| M | Toulouse, France (?-1837) |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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Bullion value: USD 465.94
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Actual gold weight: 0.105 oz
Current gold price: 4449.30 USD/oz (see gold price 
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