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[[Image:G128-1715o.jpg|300px|thumb|Goldberg sale 128, lot 1715]]
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This specimen was lot 1715 in Goldberg sale 128 (Los Angeles, June 2022), where it sold for $30. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[France]]. Obol, ND (1467). Louis XI, 1461-1483. Royal issue. Crown. Reverse: Long cross. PCGS graded Very Fine Detail (Environmental Damage)." This is the second issue of this denomination; the first had a lily, not a crown. The obol was half a denier, already a denominatoin too small to be useful.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 0.81 g, 0.053 fine silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' Dupl-565, Roberts-2675. 

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Vera Liu, ''Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction,'' Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.

''Link to:''
* [[France (1461) denier|(1461) ''denier tournois'']]
* [[France (1461-78) hardi|(1461-78) hardi, Bordeaux mint]]
* [[France (1461) 1/2 blanc|(1461) ''petit blanc à la couronne'']]
* [[France (1461) gros|(1461) ''gros de Roi'', Paris mint]]
* [[France (1461)-Lyon gros|(1461) ''gros de Roi'', Lyon mint]]
* [[Tournai (1461) gros|(1461) ''gros de Roi'', Tournai mint]]
* [[France (1461-74)-B blanc|(1461-74)-B ''blanc à la couronne'', Bourges mint]]
* [[France (1461-74)-Angers ecu d'or Fr-312|(1461-74) ''écu d'or à la couronne'', Angers mint]]</li>
* [[France (1461-74)-P ecu d'or Fr-312|(1461-74)-P ''écu à la couronne'', Perpignan mint]]
* [[France (1461-74)-Rouen ecu d'or Fr-312|(1461-74) ''écu d'or à la couronne'', Rouen mint]]
* [[France (1467) liard|(1467) ''liard au dauphin'']]
* [[France (1488) liard|(1488) ''liard au dauphin'']]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1467]]
* return to [[French royal coinage (to 1793)]]

[[Category:Base metal coinage of France]][[Category:Selections from Goldberg sale 128]]