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Jean II, gold moulton d'Or
1350 - 1364
uncirculated (ngc-62) |
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Jean II the Good (Jean le Bon). The Black Dea th, which killed 1/3 of Europe happened close to this time (peak was in 1348). Typically the French coinage of the era used to shown the King seated on a Throne but possibly the design was changed here to reflect more piety after The Black Death.
France was not yet internally cohesive at this time and these gold coins were undoubtedly minted for military payments or possibly the ransom for French Kings who were always getting captured by the English. The average peasant in the 14th centruy never handled these.
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Henri III, silver 1 franc 1585 nice ef
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a contemporary of Elizabeth I of England. France was pivotal to Spain's plan to invade England and so Philip II tried to
use the Catholic League ? to overthrow Henri III and set up a Catholic government allied to him.
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Louis XIV, the Sun King demi-ecu (half-ecu) 1647 ch. almost uncirculated
(Jim Elmond, World Wide Coins; Auction 2004)
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An early portrait of Louis 14th on a half-ecu.
Louis 13th was the first one to
start the French ecu (silver dollar) in 1642? but he died 2 years
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Louis 14th the
Sun King tried to take over Europe during his very long reign. While
sucessful early on much of his territorial aquisitions were lost after the
battle of (XXXXX). Still he made France one of the major powers in
Europe. His ecus are much cheaper but uncs are still a little tough to
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Louis XIV, demi-ecu (half-ecu) 1693-A ms (NGC-63)
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Even though this one is slabbed 63 it doesn't
compare with the raw demi-ecu bought from J. Elmond's World Wide coin auction.
Maybe that's why Jim's stuff never sells cheaply?
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A much later portrait of the long-lived Louis-14th, perhaps France's greatest King.
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Louis XIV, the Sun King
silver ecu 1709-D
mint state (NGC-64) |
1709-D col2
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col 3
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 Louis XV, 2 Louis d'or 1758-BB
Heritage Signature World Coin Auction, Sept., 2007, photo by Heritage
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Louis XV, Bandeau Head
Double Louis D'Or
1758-BB (= Strasbourg mint) NGC-62
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