France, Kingdom. Charles VI le Bien-Aimé/le Fol (the Well-Beloved/the Mad, 1380-1422) AV Écu d'or à la couronne. Troyes mint, 3rd emission, struck from 11 September 1389. ✠ KAROLVS ⁑ DЄI ⁑ GRACIA ⁑ FRAꞂCORVᙏ ⁑ RЄX, crowned coat-of-arms of France / ✠ XPC * VIИCIT * XPC * RЄGNAT * XPC * IMPЄRAT, cross fleurdelisée and feuillue, star in centre; all within quadrilobe with lis at end of each arc, crowns in spandrels. Duplessy 369B; Ciani 487; Friedberg 291. 4.01g, 29mm, 8h.
Good Extremely Fine; light reddish tone. Rare, and arguably the finest example present on CoinArchives.
From the Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins;
Privately purchased from Charles H. Wolfe III, 1999 (USD 1400);
Privately purchased from Mark M. Salton (1914-2006) for $40, c.1950s, original dealer's ticket included with 'fdc' grade.