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). 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.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 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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Numista Rarity index: 97
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Bullion value: USD 227.49
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Actual gold weight: 0.051 oz
Current gold price: 4449.30 USD/oz (see gold price 
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