France (1405) blanc guenar

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Jean Elsen sale 158, lot 1666

This specimen was lot 1666 in Jean Elsen sale 158 (Brussels, March 2024), where it sold for €240 (about US$312 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"FRANCE, Royaume, Charles VI (1380-1422), billon blanc guénar, 3e émission (avril 1405), Paris. Point plein sous la croisette initiale. D/ Ecu de France. R/ Croix cantonnée de deux couronnelles et de deux lis. Très rare. Nettoyé. Très Beau. (kingdom of France, Charles VI, 1380-1422, billon blanc guenar, third emission of April 1405, Paris mint, dot under the initial crosslet. Obverse: arms of France; reverse: cross cantonned with two coronets and two lilies. Very rare, cleaned, Very Fine.)"

Duplessy lists six emissions for this monnaie de billon blanc:

  • Dupl-377 (March 1385): 3.263 g, 0.479 fine silver;
  • Dupl-377A (September 1389): 3.296 g, 0.439 fine silver;
  • Dupl-377B (April 1405): 3.199 g, 0.419 fine silver;
  • Dupl-377C (October 1411): 3.059 g, 0.399 fine silver;
  • Dupl-377D (May 1417): 3.059 g, 0.319 fine silver;
  • Dupl-377E (October 1417): 3.059 g, 0.212 fine silver;
  • Dupl-377F (same as Dupl-377E): Toulouse mint only with a "T" mintmark.

All were tariffed at ten denier tournois.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, this specimen 3,08 g.

Catalog reference: Dupl-377B; Ci. 508; Laf. 381b.

Sources:

  • 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 158, Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2024.

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