After a bad Triton/ my luck got better with New York Sale (Goldbergs) auction. I ended up getting two really nice French Medieval pieces. France/ Feudal Principality of Orange/ Viennois Raymond V House of Baux 1318-90 AV Florin d'or ND Viennes Mint MS-62 ex: Terner Collection Hammer Price $700 obv. Florentine Lily rev. St. John the Baptiste
Thanks! LaCointessa and Michael K Nice thing about that coin (I have been wanting a better quality ex. for past 5 years) This one went way under estimate. Maybe all the "big spenders" where concentrating on the Triton event. John
Certainly, its MS-62 NGC On that Triton Koln 1438 dated coin, it went fairly cheap. I am waiting for a MS one hopefully one day.
They were tough on that, I would have thought at least 64 and 65 would not have surprised me at all. I would have bid on that 1438 but I was saving my budget for another coin. MS graded 1436-1438 gold guldens are rare as hens teeth and snake hips. Bob Levinson has a few pictured in his 2nd edition of his " The Early Dated Coins of Europe 1234-1500" book. I would say one might cost you well North of $5000.
Yeah, I am really surprised that no one in Koln would have put some MS examples aside in his collection. I would have.....
