France (1461-74)-B blanc
This specimen was lot 70110 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2020), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE. Blanc a la Couronne, ND (1461-83). Bourges Mint. Louis XI. NGC MS-62. Obverse: Coat-of-arms surrounded by three crowns; all within trilobe; Reverse: Cross pattee, with crowns and lis alternating in each quarter; all within polylobe. Quite exceptional quality for the type, this piece presents a solid strike on a flan of good metal, along with retaining a good deal of lustrous brilliance." Duplessy notes that this issue had a face value of ten deniers tournois. The second emission of 1474 (Dupl-550A) had the weight reduced to 2.84 g. This is marked as a product of the Bourges mint by the "B" next to "+LVDOVICVS" on the obverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.02 g, .359 fine silver, this specimen 3.48 g.
Catalog reference: Dupl-550; Ciani-755.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The May 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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