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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2911863, member: 74968"]Just won this in a Canadian auction. I have wanted a piece of French hammered gold for a while and I really liked the look of this one. Now the waiting begins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p><b>Francis I</b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" rel="nofollow">French</a>: <i>François Ier</i>) (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was the first King of France from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Valois-Angoul%C3%AAme" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Valois-Angoul%C3%AAme" rel="nofollow">Angoulême</a> branch of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Valois" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Valois" rel="nofollow">House of Valois</a>, reigning from 1515 until his death. He was the son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Count_of_Angoul%C3%AAme" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Count_of_Angoul%C3%AAme" rel="nofollow">Charles, Count of Angoulême</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_Savoy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_Savoy" rel="nofollow">Louise of Savoy</a>. He succeeded his cousin and father-in-law <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XII_of_France" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XII_of_France" rel="nofollow">Louis XII</a>, who died without a son.</p><p><br /></p><p>A prodigious <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_of_the_arts" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_of_the_arts" rel="nofollow">patron of the arts</a>, he initiated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Renaissance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Renaissance" rel="nofollow">French Renaissance</a> by attracting many Italian artists to work on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chambord" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chambord" rel="nofollow">Château de Chambord</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci" rel="nofollow">Leonardo da Vinci</a>, who brought the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa" rel="nofollow">Mona Lisa</a></i> with him, which Francis had acquired. Francis' reign saw important cultural changes with the rise of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_monarchy_in_France" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_monarchy_in_France" rel="nofollow">absolute monarchy in France</a>, the spread of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism" rel="nofollow">humanism</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism" rel="nofollow">Protestantism</a>, and the beginning of French exploration of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World" rel="nofollow">New World</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier" rel="nofollow">Jacques Cartier</a>and others claimed lands in the Americas for France and paved the way for the expansion of the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire" rel="nofollow">French colonial empire</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>For his role in the development and promotion of a standardized French language, he became known as <i>le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres</i> (the "Father and Restorer of Letters").<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_I_of_France#cite_note-Knecht-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_I_of_France#cite_note-Knecht-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> He was also known as <i>François du Grand Nez</i> ("Francis of the Large Nose"), the <i>Grand Colas</i>, and the <i>Roi-Chevalier</i> (the "Knight-King")<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_I_of_France#cite_note-Knecht-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_I_of_France#cite_note-Knecht-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> for his personal involvement in the wars against his great rival the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Holy Roman Emperor</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Spain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Spain" rel="nofollow">King of Spain</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Charles V</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Following the policy of his predecessors, Francis continued the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Wars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Wars" rel="nofollow">Italian Wars</a>. The succession of Charles V to the Burgundian Netherlands, the throne of Spain, and his subsequent election as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" rel="nofollow">Holy Roman Emperor</a>, meant that France was geographically encircled by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Habsburg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Habsburg" rel="nofollow">Habsburg monarchy</a>. In his struggle against Imperial hegemony, he sought the support of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England" rel="nofollow">Henry VIII of England</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_the_Cloth_of_Gold" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_the_Cloth_of_Gold" rel="nofollow">Field of the Cloth of Gold</a>. When this was unsuccessful, he formed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Ottoman_alliance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Ottoman_alliance" rel="nofollow">Franco-Ottoman alliance</a> with the Muslim <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan" rel="nofollow">sultan</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent" rel="nofollow">Suleiman the Magnificent</a>, a controversial move for a Christian king at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]703220[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is my coin of Sulayman</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]703223[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your favourite hammered coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>France; François I gold Écu d'or au soleil. Attractive lustrous issue Nice lustre with minor nick and scratch. 3,3gr ,917 gold. The Canadian Numismatic Auction Company. November 2017 public TOREX Auction, Lot 518</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]703217[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2911863, member: 74968"]Just won this in a Canadian auction. I have wanted a piece of French hammered gold for a while and I really liked the look of this one. Now the waiting begins. From Wikipedia: [B]Francis I[/B] ([URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language']French[/URL]: [I]François Ier[/I]) (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was the first King of France from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Valois-Angoul%C3%AAme']Angoulême[/URL] branch of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Valois']House of Valois[/URL], reigning from 1515 until his death. He was the son of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Count_of_Angoul%C3%AAme']Charles, Count of Angoulême[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_of_Savoy']Louise of Savoy[/URL]. He succeeded his cousin and father-in-law [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XII_of_France']Louis XII[/URL], who died without a son. A prodigious [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron_of_the_arts']patron of the arts[/URL], he initiated the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Renaissance']French Renaissance[/URL] by attracting many Italian artists to work on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Chambord']Château de Chambord[/URL], including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci']Leonardo da Vinci[/URL], who brought the [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa']Mona Lisa[/URL][/I] with him, which Francis had acquired. Francis' reign saw important cultural changes with the rise of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_monarchy_in_France']absolute monarchy in France[/URL], the spread of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism']humanism[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism']Protestantism[/URL], and the beginning of French exploration of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World']New World[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier']Jacques Cartier[/URL]and others claimed lands in the Americas for France and paved the way for the expansion of the first [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire']French colonial empire[/URL]. For his role in the development and promotion of a standardized French language, he became known as [I]le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres[/I] (the "Father and Restorer of Letters").[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_I_of_France#cite_note-Knecht-1'][1][/URL] He was also known as [I]François du Grand Nez[/I] ("Francis of the Large Nose"), the [I]Grand Colas[/I], and the [I]Roi-Chevalier[/I] (the "Knight-King")[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_I_of_France#cite_note-Knecht-1'][1][/URL] for his personal involvement in the wars against his great rival the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor']Holy Roman Emperor[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Spain']King of Spain[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor']Charles V[/URL]. Following the policy of his predecessors, Francis continued the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Wars']Italian Wars[/URL]. The succession of Charles V to the Burgundian Netherlands, the throne of Spain, and his subsequent election as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor']Holy Roman Emperor[/URL], meant that France was geographically encircled by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Habsburg']Habsburg monarchy[/URL]. In his struggle against Imperial hegemony, he sought the support of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England']Henry VIII of England[/URL] at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_the_Cloth_of_Gold']Field of the Cloth of Gold[/URL]. When this was unsuccessful, he formed a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Ottoman_alliance']Franco-Ottoman alliance[/URL] with the Muslim [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan']sultan[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent']Suleiman the Magnificent[/URL], a controversial move for a Christian king at the time. [ATTACH=full]703220[/ATTACH] And here is my coin of Sulayman [ATTACH=full]703223[/ATTACH] Please post your favourite hammered coins. France; François I gold Écu d'or au soleil. Attractive lustrous issue Nice lustre with minor nick and scratch. 3,3gr ,917 gold. The Canadian Numismatic Auction Company. November 2017 public TOREX Auction, Lot 518 [ATTACH=full]703217[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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