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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 3420356, member: 4910&quot;]<img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_besancon_carolus_1542.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>City of Besançon silver Carolus 1542</p><p>Silver, 19mm, 1.44gm</p><p>Obverse: Crowned bust of Charles V facing left / CAROLVS V IMPERATOR</p><p>Reverse: Arms of the city / MONE CIVI BISVNTINE 1542</p><p>Catalog: Roberts 7005 (James N. Roberts, The Silver Coins of Medieval France, 1996)</p><p><br /></p><p>Charles V, as King of Spain, was reported given a golden falcon by the Knights of St. John in return for the island of Malta.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mexico has honored him by naming a candy bar after him, the &quot;Carlos Quinto&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Besançon is a city currently part of France. It has been passed around between German states, Spain, and France. It was part of the Holy Roman Empire since 1034 and was designated the Free Imperial City of Besançon in 1184. The city struck coins between 1526 and 1673.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just had to have a coin with Charles V on it after reading Dashiell Hammett&#039;s book <i>The Maltese Falcon</i> and now I do.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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