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1/2 Gold Ecu with sun - Henry III Piedfort
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1576 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | CHRISTVS REGNAT VINCIT ET IMP (Translation: Christ reigns, conquers and commands.) |
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Piedforts were never intended for circulation. The French royal mint produced them as presentation pieces — given to dignitaries, foreign ambassadors, and occasionally retained as master references against which future strikes could be compared. A piedfort of this type at double the standard fabric represents a deliberate act of court patronage, not a monetary instrument.
1576 places this squarely within the Wars of Religion. Henry III had just issued the Edict of Beaulieu that year, granting substantial concessions to the Huguenots — a move that provoked the formation of the Catholic League under Henri de Guise almost immediately.