Lot no. 565
FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL
Charles VI (1380-1422). Gold shield with crown, 4th issue ND (1394-1411), Sainte-Menehould.
Av. + KAROLVSx DEIx GRACIAx FRANCORVMx REX. Crowned shield of France.
Rv. + XPC* VINCIT* XPC* REGNAT* XPC* IMPERAT. Cross flory and leafy, with star in a rhombus curvilinear heart, all within a quatrefoil cantoned of four coronets.
Dy.369C - Fr.291 - Prieur, RN 1947, p.143 n° 2 ; Gold - 3,84 g - 28 mm - 5 h
Top Pop (2): this is the finest graded example!
PCGS MS62 (51871428).
With tridentate T's and punctuation by two saltires superimposed on the right: for Sainte-Menehould of which this is the very first gold shield. O round pointed to KAROLVS and P pointed to XPC. A minor mint weakness. Quite rare. Superb.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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