France (1326) maille blanche
This specimen was lot 728 in Jean Elsen sale 160 (Brussels, November 2024), where it sold for €90 (about US$114 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, Royaume, Charles IV le Bel (1322-1328), AR maille blanche, 3e émission (juillet 1326). D/ + KAROLVS° RE·X· Croix pattée. R/ FRANCORVM Châtel tournois. Le lis au-dessus de la croix accosté de deux points. Un sautoir en fin de légende. Légère faiblesse de frappe. Très Beau à Superbe. (kingdom of France, Charles IV the Fair, silver white maille, third emission of July 1326. Obverse: cross pattée; reverse: castle of Tours, surrounded by lilies. Slightly weakly truck, very fine to extremely fine.)"
This coin was worth 8 deniers tournois when the gros tournois was 15 deniers.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.812 g, 0.718 fine silver, this specimen is 1,69 g.
Catalog reference: Dupl-243D var.; Ci. 257 var.; Laf. 247a var.
- 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 160, Collection de deniers liegeois et Collection de monnaies d'or francaises, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.
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