France (1474) blanc

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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Duplessy notes that this issue had a face value of ten deniers tournois. The first emission of 1461 (Dupl-550) had a weight of 3.02 g. This is attributed to the Lyon mint.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.84 g, .359 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dupl-550C; Ciani-755.

Source:

  • 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.

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