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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php/File:JE163-2098o.jpg" title="File:JE163-2098o.jpg">300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 163, lot 2098</a> <a href="/index.php/File:JE163-2098r.jpg" title="File:JE163-2098r.jpg">300px|thumb</a> This specimen was lot 2098 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, Novembe...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:JE163-2098o.jpg|300px|thumb|Jean Elsen sale 163, lot 2098]]<br /> [[Image:JE163-2098r.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 2098 in Jean Elsen sale 163 (Brussels, November 2025), where it sold for €100 (about US$156 including buyer's fees). The catalog description&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;''MALTE, Ordre de Saint-Jean, Alofius de Wignacourt (1601-1622), Cu cinquina (5 grani), 1619. D/ Écu aux armes du grand maître, sous un lis cantonné de deux étoiles R/ Deux mains jointes. En dessous, la valeur entre deux étoiles. Rare. Double frappe. Quelques faiblesses.'' ([[Order of Malta]], Alofius de Wignacourt, 1601-22, copper five grani of 1619. Obverse: arms of the grandmaster, a lily with two stars above; reverse: two joined hands, below, the value between two stars. Rare, double struck, some weak areas, Fine - Very Fine.)&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt; This scarce type was struck 1619 only. The reverse legend &quot;★ NON ★ AES ★ SED ★ FIDES ★&quot; translates as, &quot;not money, but trust.&quot; We also note a ten grani (KM 27), one tari (KM 28) and four tari (KM 14). Wikipedia comments, &lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;Fra Alof de Wignacourt (1547 – 14 September 1622) was a French nobleman who was the 54th Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 10 February 1601 to his death in 1622. Unlike a number of the other Grand Masters, he was popular with the Maltese people. Wignacourt is mostly remembered for the construction of the Wignacourt Aqueduct as well as a series of coastal towers which also bear his name.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.<br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' 1.86 g, copper, 20 mm diameter, this specimen is 1,68 g. <br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' KM 26, Schembri 77, 1. <br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.<br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 163,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2025.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Malta 1624 4 tari]]<br /> * [[Malta 1628 grano|1628 grano]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1619]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 163]]</div>

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