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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 13780, member: 112&quot;]Yes the ransom was paid and he was released. But after a bit of further research I have found that this first installment of the agreed upon ransom was but 600,000 gold ecu&#039;s with an additional 400,000 to be paid each year. In 1364 John was no longer able to make the required payment and was returned to captivity. He died in April the following year in captivity.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the ransom payments were sent to England and undoubtably a large portion of them were melted and or restruck as they were struck in pure gold. This particular coin was struck for only a few years. John II&#039;s son, the Dauphin, Charles V, also struck a similar coin with his own image being used until 1365.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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