⅙ Plaque - Jean the Blind Luxembourg-Bar Convention

Features

Issuer Luxembourg
Count Jean the Blind (1310-1346)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1343-1344
Value ⅙ Plaque (1⁄60)
Currency Livre Tournois (963-1353)
Composition Silver
Weight 1 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
80761
References L# 108-1,
Romain Probst; 1998. Prifix : catalogue illustré des monnaies luxembourgeoises (1026 - 1998). Banque du Timbre et Lux-Numis, Luxembourg.
Weiller# 100,
Raymond Weiller; 1977. Les Monnaies Luxembourgeoises. Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
BV# 109
Édouard Bernays, Jules Vannérus; 1910. Histoire monétaire du comté puis du duché de Luxembourg et de ses fiefs : abbaye d'Echternach, comté de Chiny, seigneuies de Moiry, de Schönecken et de Saint-Vith, comté de Salm en Ardenne, seigneurie d'Orchimont, terre franche de Cugnon. Académie royale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.

Obverse

Starting coat of arms of Luxembourg-Bar surrounded by legend and two pearled circles.

Script: Latin

Lettering: +IOhAnES⦂ ET⦂ hERICVS

Translation: Jean (of Luxembourg) and Henri (of Bar)

Reverse

Long, leafy, triple-ribbed cross dividing the legend. Two pearled circles.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MO SO CI OR

Unabridged legend: MONETA SOCIORVM

Translation:
MONETA SOCIORVM
social currency (common strike)

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Luxembourg, Luxembourg (1026-1795)

Comments

Very rare sixth plaque, commemorating the union between the Counties of Luxembourg and Bar.
Coin struck between 1343 and 1344 at the Luxembourg-city mint.

Coin resulting from the Luxembourg - Bar monetary union; The city of Damvillers was the reason for the eternal disputes between John the Blind and Henry IV Count of Bar from 1336 to 1344. The King of France, driven by the war of
one hundred years, put an end to the quarrel via the act of Essay-en-Woëvre which stipulates that the two counts would be hereditary guardians of the city. It was after this event in 1343 that the two counts celebrated their agreement by the striking of a common coin which includes this rare sixth plaque. (B&V, p150)

Weiller lists 8 pieces with an average weight of 0.93 g. The copy of Bernays and Vannerus had a weight of 0.88 g. and they ask themselves if their copy is a quarter of a gros.

Félicien de Saulcy (1807-1880), archaeologist and numismatist, described below for the first time this sixth of plaque in his recherches sur les monnaies des comtes et ducs de Bar (1843, p. 24, pl. II n°6). This copy, the same as described by BV (No. 110) is preserved in the Museum of Metz will be declared as lost later.



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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold ⅙ Plaque - Jean the Blind (Luxembourg-Bar Convention)
Jean Elsen & ses Fils
Auction 135
Lot 937
Internet Archive
9 Dec 2017 USD 3677.34
(EUR 3400.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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