View source for France (1423)-Paris salut d'or Fr-301

[[Image:France K294-3022.jpg|550px|thumb|Künker sale 294, lot 3022]]

This specimen was lot 3022 in Künker sale 294 (Osnabrück, Germany, July 2017), where it sold for €1,400 (about US$1,887 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANKREICH, KÖNIGREICH, Henri VI d'Angleterre, 1422-1453. Salut d'or o. J. (1423), 2. Emission, Paris. GOLD. Fast vorzüglich.'' (kingdom of [[France]], Henry VI of [[Great Britain|England]], 1422-53, undated salut d'or, second emission, Paris mint. About extremely fine.)"</blockquote> This coin was issued before the modern system of mintmarks was introduced by Francis I in 1540. Prior to that date, mints used various secret marks to identify and date their product. This undated coin shows a dot under the R of HENRICVS and is thereby noted as being produced by the Paris mint (later mintmark "A") sometime around 1423. Paris was occupied by the English 1422-36. Duplessy notes that the contemporary face value was 22 ''sols'', 6 ''deniers tournois'' and lists thirteen mints.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 3.49 g, 1.000 fine gold, this specimen 3.46 g. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-301; Dupl-443a; Ciani-598.

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, ''Katalog 294: Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871 | Russische Münzen und Medaillen,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2017. 
* Duplessy, Jean, ''Les Monnaies Françaises Royales de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793), Tome I, 2e édition,'' Paris: Maison Platt, 1999.
 
''Link to:''
* [[France (1421)-St.-Quentin double tournois|(1421)-St.-Quentin double tournois]]
* [[France (1429)-Tours royal d'or Fr-303]]
* [[France (1423) 1/2 blanc|(1423) ''petit blanc aux écus'', Henry VI]]
* [[France (1423) blanc|(1423) ''blanc aux trois lis'']]
* [[France (1423) agnel d'or Fr-304|(1423) ''agnel d'or'']]
* [[France (1423) ecu d'or Fr-306|(1423) ''écu d'or'']]
* [[France (1423)-Rouen salut d'or Fr-301|(1423) ''salut d'or'', Rouen mint, Henry VI]]
* [[France (1423)-Nevers salut d'or Fr-301|(1423) ''salut d'or'', Nevers mint, Henry VI]]
* [[France (1427) angelot d'or Fr-300|(1427) ''angelot d'or'', Henry VI]]
* [[France (1431)-La Rochelle royal d'or Fr-303]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1423]]
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 293, 294]][[Category:Gold coins of France]]