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French Aquitaine Gold
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Salut d'or ND (1423)
Design:
OBVERSE: Two shields side by side, bearing the arms of France (left) and England (right). Behind the shields the Virgin Mary on the left, a nimbus around her head and her left hand pointing to a scroll, and the Angel Gabriel on the right, his wings arching above his head, his left hand pointing to the scroll, between them the word “AVE” written upwards on a scroll, surmounted by five sun’s rays. Legend: ♛hEHRICVS: DEI:GRA:FRACORV:Z:AGLIE:REX [Henry by the grace of God, King of France and England] ~ REVERSE: In the middle of the field is a cross calvary. Below is the letter, “h”. To the left is a fleur de lis and to the right a leopard. The whole is within a circle of ten arches with fleur de lis at the angles. Legend: ♛XPC✩VINCIT✩XPC✩REGHAT✩ XPC✩IMPERAT [Christ Overcomes, Christ Reigns, Christ Orders]. The obverse & reverse legends are punctuated by two superimposed beaded rings.
Mint: Paris
Mintage: Unknown
References: Fr. 18 & 301 / Elias 264 /Dy.443 A / C.909
Specifications: Diameter – 26.0mm
Weight – 3.480 g. @ 1.000 Gold = .112 oz AGW
Notes:
- King Henri VI was the King of England and France during this period, France was in an era of prosperity and economic development; at the same time experiencing an extreme enlightenment of arts, literature and science.
- The crown in the legends denoted the mint as Paris. In my research the Paris mint is not as commonly found as those from the the Rouen (leopard) and Saint Lo (fleur-de-lis) mints. In total this type gold coin was minted at 9 different mints throughout France.
- This coin is of the second issue of the salute under Henri VI. It was issued on September 6,1423. This type coin was produced in great quantities and is one of the most common of the Anglo-Gallic issues.
- The coin has a wonderful mint lustre on both sides with a strong strike on a full planchet. The obverse showing a little weakness on Gabriel’s wings and the reverse showing a little doubling on the leopard and a weak strike on the arch at 4:00.
- Note the weight in the above specifications ... this coin is 24K gold !!
Design:
OBVERSE: Two shields side by side, bearing the arms of France (left) and England (right). Behind the shields the Virgin Mary on the left, a nimbus around her head and her left hand pointing to a scroll, and the Angel Gabriel on the right, his wings arching above his head, his left hand pointing to the scroll, between them the word “AVE” written upwards on a scroll, surmounted by five sun’s rays. Legend: ♛hEHRICVS: DEI:GRA:FRACORV:Z:AGLIE:REX [Henry by the grace of God, King of France and England] ~ REVERSE: In the middle of the field is a cross calvary. Below is the letter, “h”. To the left is a fleur de lis and to the right a leopard. The whole is within a circle of ten arches with fleur de lis at the angles. Legend: ♛XPC✩VINCIT✩XPC✩REGHAT✩ XPC✩IMPERAT [Christ Overcomes, Christ Reigns, Christ Orders]. The obverse & reverse legends are punctuated by two superimposed beaded rings.
Mint: Paris
Mintage: Unknown
References: Fr. 18 & 301 / Elias 264 /Dy.443 A / C.909
Specifications: Diameter – 26.0mm
Weight – 3.480 g. @ 1.000 Gold = .112 oz AGW
Notes:
- King Henri VI was the King of England and France during this period, France was in an era of prosperity and economic development; at the same time experiencing an extreme enlightenment of arts, literature and science.
- The crown in the legends denoted the mint as Paris. In my research the Paris mint is not as commonly found as those from the the Rouen (leopard) and Saint Lo (fleur-de-lis) mints. In total this type gold coin was minted at 9 different mints throughout France.
- This coin is of the second issue of the salute under Henri VI. It was issued on September 6,1423. This type coin was produced in great quantities and is one of the most common of the Anglo-Gallic issues.
- The coin has a wonderful mint lustre on both sides with a strong strike on a full planchet. The obverse showing a little weakness on Gabriel’s wings and the reverse showing a little doubling on the leopard and a weak strike on the arch at 4:00.
- Note the weight in the above specifications ... this coin is 24K gold !!
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What would you think it will grade?
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<< <i>What would you think it will grade? >>
I say MS62/63. It does have a lot of mint lustre and nothing worth noting regarding wear that I see!!
It so hard to get above that in hammered gold ... of course Theboz11 has a beauty graded MS64. theboz11 salut d'or
You should be called the golden boys
These are really a pleasure to look at
Thanks for sharing.
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Mmm, yes, please.
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Hus there's plenty of gold still out there for us .... come out into the sun and play
Can't see it at that .... I thought it would be a MS62 min.
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What criteria do the TPGs use to judge these coins?
Must they possess both lustre and perfectly even strikes to be considered MS? Surely they don't consider the bluntly struck area from 3-5K on the reverse to be "wear"?
<< <i>What criteria do the TPGs use to judge these coins?
Must they possess both lustre and perfectly even strikes to be considered MS? Surely they don't consider the bluntly struck area from 3-5K on the reverse to be "wear"?
Mac,
Who knows. I'm sure no expert grader but I have enough graded hammered gold in hand (or have studied enough via pics) to use the old comparision method. I'm generally fairly close ... but not on this one !!
I don't think uneven strikes are counted against whether or not is is AU or MS.
This coin is loaded with lustre so it must be some high point wear that I'm missing .