Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
November 2015 Baltimore Auction - Sess. A-C 5-6 November 2015
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FRANCE. Ecu d'Or, ND. Francois I (1515-47). PCGS AU-50 Secure Holder.
Fr-347; Gad-775 var. Struck during a period when France was nearly surrounded by the Habsburg monarchy. As a result, France under Francois I became aligned with the Ottoman Empire as a strategic counter-balance, something considered quite controversial for a Christian king at the time. A bright and lustrous coin with slight doubling in the obverse legends. Never bent or abused, a truly outstanding example of the issue. PCGS AU-50 Secure Holder.
Estimate: $400.00- $600.00
Fr-347; Gad-775 var. Struck during a period when France was nearly surrounded by the Habsburg monarchy. As a result, France under Francois I became aligned with the Ottoman Empire as a strategic counter-balance, something considered quite controversial for a Christian king at the time. A bright and lustrous coin with slight doubling in the obverse legends. Never bent or abused, a truly outstanding example of the issue. PCGS AU-50 Secure Holder.
Estimate: $400.00- $600.00