Jean II Le Bon (1350-1364), - Lot 8

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Jean II Le Bon (1350-1364), - Lot 8
Jean II Le Bon (1350-1364), Frank on horseback. The King on horseback, galloping to the left, sword high, wearing a crowned helmet topped by a lily. R/ Cross leaved with quadrilobe in heart, within a quadrilobe decorated with palmettes. Weight : about 3,88 gr TTB Duplessy 294 Issued for the first time on December 5 1360, the Franc was created to pay the ransom of the king, then prisoner of the English. The denomination of this currency disappeared under Louis XIII and will be used in 1795 under the the Revolution to last until 2002 when the Franc the Franc disappeared defi nitely to leave to the Euro, a copy that has circulated little and manufactured on a regular basis.
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