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