France (1324) maille blanche
This specimen was lot 541 in Jean Elsen sale 164 (Brussels, March 2026), where it sold for €70 (about US$98 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Charles IV le Bel (1322-1328), AR maille blanche (8 deniers tournois), 2e émission (juillet 1324). D/ + KAROLVS REX Croix pattée. R/ FRANCORVM° Châtel tournois dans une bordure de dix lis. Différent: annelet dans les légendes. Le lis supérieur entre deux points. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Charles IV, 1322-28, silver maille blanc or eight deniers, second emission of July 1324. Obverse: cross pattée; reverse: castle of Tours in a border of ten lilies; privy mark an annulet in the legends; the upper lily between two dots. Very Fine.)"
This coin was worth 7½ deniers tournois when the gros tournois was 15 deniers. This is the second of three emissions.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.88 g, 0.878 fine silver, this specimen is 1,71 g.
Catalog reference: Dupl. 243A; Ci. 258; Laf. 247.
- Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome I, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
- Roberts, James N., The Silver Coins of Medieval France (476-1610 AD), S. Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1996.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 164: Monnaies du duché de Brabant et du royaume de Belgique, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2026.
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