File:France 1550D henri dor obv JElsen 120-1236.jpg
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This specimen was lot 1236 in Jean Elsen sale 120 (Brussels, March 2014), where it sold for €4,400 (about US$7,235 including buyer's fees. The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Henri II (1547-1559), AV double Henri d'or, 1550 D, Lyon. Droit: B. l. et cuirassé à droite. Revers: Croix formée de quatre H couronnés, cantonnée de deux croissants et deux lis. Différent: F sous la date (François Guilhem). Un petit trèfle dans le croissant au premier canton. Avec point 12e au droit et au revers. Dupl., 971; Ci., 1237; Laf., 809; Fr., 367. 7,24g. Extrêmement Rare. Le flan légèrement voilé. Beau portrait. Seulement 600 p. frappées. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Henry II (1547-59), gold doulbe henri d'or of 1550, Lyon mint. Obverse: laureate, armored bust to right; reverse: cross formed of four crowned "H's" with two crescents and two lilies in the fields. Mintmaster "F" and a dot under the twelfth letter of the reverse. Extremely rare, slightly wavy planchet, nice portrait, very fine.)"
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