Orange (1335-93) florin Fr-189
This specimen was lot 453 in Sincona sale 46 (Zürich, May 2018), where it sold for 325 CHF (about US$390 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"Raymond III, 1335-1340 oder Raymond IV, 1340-1393. Florin dor o. J. Münzzeichen: Schwert. Gutes sehr schön. Doppelschlag. (France, principality of Orange, Raymond III or IV, undated gold florin, mintmark: sword. Good very fine, Double struck.)"
The princes of Orange eventually obtained Nassau and finally the throne of the Netherlands, where they reside today, Orange having long ago been annexed to France. The princes issued coinage for their domain into the seventeenth century.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.5 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.45 g.
Catalog reference: Duplessy 2072. Gamberini 714. Fr-189.
- 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]Richter, Jürg, Auction 46, Gold Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2018.
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