Blanc "Guénar" - Charles VI

Features

Issuer France
King Charles VI the Mad (Charles VI le Fou) (1380-1422)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1385-1417
Value 1 Blanc (1⁄24 LT)
Currency Livre tournois (987-1795)
Composition Billon (.439 silver) ((varies))
Weight 3.26 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
36082
References Dy royales# 377,
Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales / Tome 1 : de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793) (2e édition). Maison Platt, Paris, France.
And 1 more volumes.
Ciani# 509,
Louis Ciani; 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France.
LP# 381c
Jean Lafaurie; 1951. Les monnaies des rois de France / I. Hugues Capet à Louis XII. Émile Bourgey; Monnaies et Médailles, Paris-Bâle.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Shield of France.

Some varieties have three dots or two crescents for the colons in the legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: + KAROLVS : FRANCORV : REX

Translation: Charles, King of the Franks.

Reverse

Cross confined to the 1st and 4th of a crown, to the 2nd and 3rd of a lily. In some varieties, the crowns and lilies are swapped and they may have three dots or two crescents for the colons in the legend. Colons may comprise filled or hollow points or concentric circles.

Script: Latin

Lettering: + SIT : NOME : DNI : BENEDICTV

Unabridged legend: Sit nomen Domini benedictum.

Translation: Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Mints

Angers, France
Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Dijon, France
Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Montpellier, France
Poitiers, France
Romans-sur-Isère, France (1192-1554)
Rouen, France (?-1858)
Saint-Lô, France (1275-1693)
Saint-Quentin, France
Toulouse, France (?-1837)
Tournai, Belgium (625-1709)
Troyes, France

Comments

There are six different issues of this coin:
- 1st issue (11/03/1385): long 0s in the legends on the right and reverse.
- 2nd issue (11/09/1389): round O's in the legends, and a full dot under a letter as a different mintmark.
- 3rd issue (29/04/1405): full stop under the initial cross, and full stop as a different mint.
- 4th issue (20/10/1411): hollow point under a letter as different from the workshop.
- 5th issue (10/05/1417): hollow point; full point between the two upper lilies and at the end of the lower arm of the cross.
- 6th issue (21/10/1417): initial basted crosses, in addition to the different ones of the 5th issue.

Workshop of Chalon sur Saône: The coins of Chalon sur Saône with the 4th emission are distinguished from Dijon by the crescent in the first punctuation, because the workshops of Dijon and Chalon sur Saône have in common the hollow point under the 13th letter and the two rings pointed superimposed on the other punctuations (except the 1st punctuation for Chalon/Saône which is a ringlet and a crescent).

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1385-1389)  11% (fr) 1ère émission - Tournai (ponctuation par deux annelets pointés superposés à l'avers ; ponctuation par trois besans superposés au revers ; N rétrogrades sauf celui de DNI).
ND (1389)  6% 11/09/1389 4th issue - Saint-Quentin (hollow point under the 17th letter of the captions.
ND (1389-1405)  2% (fr) 2ème émission - Crémieux ( Point plein sous la 1re lettre du revers)
ND (1389-1405)  1.6% (fr) 2ème émission - Dijon (point plain sous la 13e lettre des légendes).
ND (1389-1405)  2% (fr) 2ème émission - Poitiers (point plain sous la 8e lettre des légendes).
ND (1389-1405)  4% (fr) 2ème émission - Romans (point plain sous la 2e lettre des légendes).
ND (1389-1405)  2% (fr) 2ème émission - Rouen (point plain sous la 15e lettre des légendes).
ND (1389-1405)  3% (fr) 2ème émission - Saint-Lô (point plain sous la 18e lettre des légendes).
ND (1389-1405)  3% (fr) 2ème émission - Troyes (point plain sous la 14e lettre des légendes).
ND (1389-1405)  10% 11/09/1389 Dy.377A 2nd issue - Toulouse (plain point under the 5th letter of the captions.
ND (1389-1405)  20% 11/09/1389 2nd issue - Tournai (plain point under the 16th letter of the captions.
ND (1411)  1.6% (fr) 4ème émission - Saint Quentin (point creux sous la 17ème lettre des légendes)
ND (1411)  3% 20/10/1411 2nd issue - Angers (plain dot under the 7th letter of the captions.
ND (1411)  $ 22 5% 20/10/1411 2nd issue - Paris (no secret point; punctuation by two dotted ringlets superimposed on the right and on the reverse.
ND (1411-1417)  2% (fr) 2ème émission - La Rochelle (point creux sous la 9ème lettre des légendes).
ND (1411-1417)  1.6% (fr) 4ème émission - Chalon-sur-Saône (point creux sous la 13e lettre des légendes + annelet avec croissant à la 1re ponctuation ).
ND (1411-1417)  5% (fr) 4ème émission - Crémieux (point creux sous la 1re lettre des légendes).
ND (1411-1417)  1.1% (fr) 4ème émission - Dijon (point creux sous la 13e lettre des légendes).
ND (1411-1417)  3% (fr) 4ème emission - Rouen (point creux sous la 15e lettre des légendes).
ND (1411-1417)  3% (fr) 4ème émission - Saint-Lô (point creux sous la 18e lettre des légendes).
ND (1411-1417)  3% (fr) 4ème émission - Tournai (point creux sous la 15e lettre des légendes).
ND (1411-1417)  2% Fleurs-de-lis and crowns (possibly) swapped.
ND (1411-1417)  1.1% Fleurs-de-lis and crowns (possibly) swapped.
ND (1417)  2% (fr) 4ème émission - Saint-Lô (point creux sous la 18ème lettre des légendes).
ND (1417)  8% (fr) 5ème émission - Point plein entre les 2 lis supérieurs au droit et au bout du bras inférieur de la croix au revers
ND (1417)  0.5% (fr) 5ème émission - Saint-Lô (point creux sous la 18ème lettre des légendes).

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Blanc "Guénar" - Charles VI
Katz
Auction 69
Lot 587
Internet Archive
29 Oct 2022 Undetermined VF USD 22.63
(EUR 21.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Blanc "Guénar" - Charles VI
Katz
Auction 69
Lot 588
Internet Archive
29 Oct 2022 Undetermined VF USD 39.87
(EUR 37.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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