FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Charles IX (1560-1574). Golden shield with sun 1573, G, Poitiers. Av. CAROLVS. IX. DEI. G. FRANCO. REX (different). Crowned shield of France under a sun. Rv. + XPS. REGNAT. VINCIT. ET. IM. (date). Cross fleurdelisé with (workshop) within a rhombus curved in heart. Dy.1057 - G.442A2 (R5 et hors cote = BnF) - Fr.378 ; Gold - 3,37 g - 25,5 mm - 8 h Top Pop: this is the only graded example! PCGS MS61 (55936939). Seems to be the second known copy after the copy in the Cabinet des Médailles of the BnF (Kind 1288 = Collection Marchéville n° 2753)! The fields hardly rubbed and of a beautiful freshness, with the original gloss. Superb with corner flower.