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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2945366, member: 4298&quot;]Exceptionnal rarity, even though you didn&#039;t get it &quot;on purpose&quot; !</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine isn&#039;t ancient ancient, yet rather rare, and it&#039;s been my #1 coin for 2017, mainly because of its rarity (see the related thread <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cucumbors-six-2017-review.306960/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cucumbors-six-2017-review.306960/">here</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Although the denier tournois is abundant for Gaston d&#039;Orleans, there is no regular issue of any of them for his father in law, Henri II de Montpensier, and only a handful of silver essays is known to exist. For years I could only dream of having one of them in my trays someday. I even went to the Lyon <i>Musée des beaux arts</i>, for the only purpose of taking a picture of their specimen. When that one poped up at auction earlier this year, it <i>had </i>to be mine. My enormous bid having been successful, here it is in the end&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dg-023-122-jpg.709849/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Henri II de Montpensier (1592-1608 ) essai du denier d&#039;argent, frappe posthume</p><p>+ . H . P . DOMBAR . D . MONTISP Buste cuirassé à gauche</p><p>+ DNS . ADIVTOR . MEVS . 1609 Deux lis dans une couronne</p><p>1,73 gr - 18 mm</p><p>Ref : Divo Dombes #122</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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