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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2903500, member: 4298&quot;][USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] : I&#039;m blown away by those beauties.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s one coin in particular I&#039;ve yearned for for many years. I think I&#039;ve already told the story before but some newer members here may not know it :</p><p><br /></p><p>Among the gold coin minted in the principality of Dombes (a county around where I live), which is all from rare to exceedingly rare, a pistole (double ecu) stands out : minted by François II de Montpensier, it was believed to be unique until a second example popped up at auction in 2006. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course I could just dream of having it one day and was resigned to having an empty case in my tray for the rest of my life. Actually, my bid was far under the hammer price at that auction. But three miracles occured : <b>luck </b>(it&#039;s been auctioned again a few years later, which was unelikely), <b>money </b>(after he had sold his deceased mum&#039;s house my father generously gave me a part of wath it brought), <b>friendship</b> (a fellow forum friend was co-organizer at the auction and was able to bid for me at the floor, myself being on the phone with him), and here it is :</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/d-022-064-c-jpg.544443/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b><b><a href="http://monnaiesdeladombes.blogspot.fr/2009/07/francois-ii-de-montpensier-1582-1592.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://monnaiesdeladombes.blogspot.fr/2009/07/francois-ii-de-montpensier-1582-1592.html" rel="nofollow">Francois II de Montpensier (1582-1592)</a></b></b></p><p><b>Pistole, or - 1587</b> - RRRR</p><p>+ FRANCIS . P . DOMBAR . D . MONTIS . M . Ecu de Bourbon couronné</p><p>+ DNS . ADIVT . ET . REDEM . MEVS . 1587 Croix feuillue</p><p>6.30 gr - 28 mm</p><p>Ref : Divo Dombes # 64, Mantellier # 37, Poey d&#039;Avant # 5135, Friedberg # 124</p><p>Ex collection Couchard # 64 du 27/01/2006</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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