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1/2 Gold Ecu - Henry IV 1st type, XPS
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1606-1609 |
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| Value | 1/2 Gold Ecu |
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| Obverse lettering | HENRICVS IIII D G FRAN ET NA REX (Translation: Henry IV, by God`s grace, king of France and Navarre.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Henry IV came to the throne after one of the most destructive civil conflicts in French history, and his monetary reforms were among the first serious attempts to stabilize a coinage that had been debased and counterfeited throughout the Wars of Religion. The XPS mint mark designates Bayonne, a city whose proximity to Spain made monetary integrity both politically and commercially critical. This half écu type was struck across a narrow window before the 1st type was superseded, which keeps surviving populations modest.
The Dy 1202A2 attribution distinguishes this from closely related emissions; Gadoury's 607B confirms the Bayonne assignment. Ciani 1506 groups it without the mint differentiation that later scholarship resolved.