France (1360) florin Fr-282

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Künker sale 336, lot 6029

This specimen was lot 6029 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,047 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH Jean le Bon, 1350-1364. Florin d'or o. J. (1360), Montpellier oder Toulouse, für das Languedoc. GOLD. R Winz. Kratzer, sehr schön. (kingdom of France, John the Good, 1350-64, undated gold florin, Montpellier or Toulouse mint, for Languedoc. Minor scratches, very fine.)"

Duplessy notes that this coin, tho undated, was first struck in February 1360 at Montpellier and a week later at Toulouse. It had a face value of 24 sols tournois. This seems to be the only time the kings of France struck an equivalent to the goldgulden or ducat.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.49 g, 0.906 fine gold, this specimen 3,40 g.

Catalog reference: Duplessy 346; Fr-282; Gamberini 706.

Source:

  • Duplessy, Jean, Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome I, 2e édition, Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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