Luxembourg (1336-45) florin d'or Fr-1

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Jean Elsen sale 144, lot 1143

This specimen was lot 1143 in Jean Elsen sale 144 (Brussels, March 2020), where it sold for €2,800 (about US$3,689 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"LUXEMBOURG, Comté, Jean l'Aveugle (1309-1346), AV florin d'or, 1336-1345, Prague. Au type florentin. D/ (couronne) IOH'ES- R BOEH Lis florentin. R/ ·S· IOHA-NNES· B· Saint Jean-Baptiste deb. de f., ten. un sceptre. En haut à g., un petit heaume cimé d'un vol, tourné à d. Rare Frappe faible au revers. Beau à Très Beau. (county of Luxembourg, John the Blind, 1309-46, gold florin, struck at Prague. Obverse: Florentine lily; reverse: John the Baptisti facing, bearing a scepter; to the left, a small winged helmet turned to the left. Rare, weakly struck on the reverse, Fine - Very Fine.)"

John the Blind (1296-1346) was the count of Luxembourg from 1313 and king of Bohemia from 1310 and titular king of Poland. He is well known for having died while fighting in the Battle of Crécy at age 50, after having been blind for a decade. Unable to establish effective control over the nobility of the kingdom of Bohemia, he abandoned it to court officials and spent most of his reign in Luxembourg and at the French court. This coin is an imitation of the florin d'or of Florence.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold, this specimen 3,48 g.

Catalog reference: Don. 814; Weiller, Etr., 335; Gamb. III, 802.

Source:

  • 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]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 144, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2020.

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