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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 4795727, member: 4298&quot;]Exactly what we, collectors, are looking for our entire life : the coin everyone would overlook because it looks so common and/or worn, but <i>we </i>know what is special about it. Great catch</p><p><br /></p><p>Ten years ago I was able to put my hands on what has been a dream coin for years and years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Among the gold coins minted in the principality of Dombes (a county around where I live, and I collect coins of, but you all know that, right ?), which are all from rare to exceedingly rare, a pistole (double ecu) stands out : minted by <b>François II de Montpensier</b>, it was believed to be unique until a second example popped up at auction in 2006. I was outbid by far that time and thought I would have to live without it for the rest of my life. When the same specimen got auctioned again in 2010, I did what I had to do to get it. A very expensive and silly buy, but worth every cent I paid for it (and I was encouraged by my wife who realized I would probably never have another opportunity to acquire one in our entire life).</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 (unique at the date of publication), 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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