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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2540615, member: 4298&quot;][USER=56859]@TIF[/USER], I wish you good luck on acquiring such a rare and covetable coin : it <i>might </i>happen !!</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes. I was feeling the same about my former dream coin. You know it for I have already shown it off here. But let me tell you the story again :</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 stands out : minted by François II de Montpensier, it was believed to be unique until a second example poped up at an auction in 2006. 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 later (luck, money, friendship), here it is :</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544443[/ATTACH] </p><p><b><font size="4"><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></font></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,&nbsp; Mantellier # 37, Poey d&#039;Avant # 5135, Friedberg # 124</p><p>Ex collection Couchard # 64 du 27/01/2006</p><p><br /></p><p>Hence, with my fingers crossed, I tell you : <b>one day</b> !! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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