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<p>[QUOTE="ancientcoinguru, post: 2766736, member: 75563"]I have collected ancient Greek and Roman coins for years, but recently added Byzantine and medieval to my collecting interests. I try not to buy anything minted after 1500, but I could not resist this coin. I am glad to have the CT World Forum, so I can share it.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>France 1589…</p><p><br /></p><p>When the question of the succession of the childless King Henri III arose in 1589, the Cardinal Charles de Bourbon<b>,</b> as the eldest (Catholic) member of the House of Bourbon, was chosen by the Catholic League as heir in preference to the Protestant Henri of Navarre.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was only one rather major difficulty -- Charles was in prison for the assassination of the Duke of Guise! This did not deter the Catholic League, who proclaimed him the legitimate king of France (<b>Charles X</b>) on March 5, 1590. Coins were struck in his name by the League, and my coin was one of the coins minted. But Charles never left prison, never ruled as King of France, and died in prison on May 9, 1590.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]637316[/ATTACH] </p><p>Charles X</p><p>FRANCE, Paris (1590 A) Catholic League Coinage</p><p>AR Quart d'ecu 8.87gm - 30 mm</p><p>Obv: Crowned arms flanked by II's. Rev: Cross</p><p>Reference: DuP 1177</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has more Catholic League coinage, please share, I would love to see them! </p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post anything related...other coins minted in France, or perhaps coins minted in the late 1500s from other nations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancientcoinguru, post: 2766736, member: 75563"]I have collected ancient Greek and Roman coins for years, but recently added Byzantine and medieval to my collecting interests. I try not to buy anything minted after 1500, but I could not resist this coin. I am glad to have the CT World Forum, so I can share it.:) France 1589… When the question of the succession of the childless King Henri III arose in 1589, the Cardinal Charles de Bourbon[B],[/B] as the eldest (Catholic) member of the House of Bourbon, was chosen by the Catholic League as heir in preference to the Protestant Henri of Navarre. There was only one rather major difficulty -- Charles was in prison for the assassination of the Duke of Guise! This did not deter the Catholic League, who proclaimed him the legitimate king of France ([B]Charles X[/B]) on March 5, 1590. Coins were struck in his name by the League, and my coin was one of the coins minted. But Charles never left prison, never ruled as King of France, and died in prison on May 9, 1590. [ATTACH=full]637316[/ATTACH] Charles X FRANCE, Paris (1590 A) Catholic League Coinage AR Quart d'ecu 8.87gm - 30 mm Obv: Crowned arms flanked by II's. Rev: Cross Reference: DuP 1177 If anyone has more Catholic League coinage, please share, I would love to see them! Feel free to post anything related...other coins minted in France, or perhaps coins minted in the late 1500s from other nations.[/QUOTE]
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