CNG 87, Lot: 1603. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, Royal. Charles VII le Victorieux (the Victorious). 1422-1461. AV Écu d’or à la couronne (26mm, 3.40 g, 1h). Montpellier mint (pellet under fourth letter). 2nd emission, 12 August 1445. (crown) kAROLVS : DЄI GRACIA : FRAИCORVm : RЄX (double annulet stops), crowned coat-of-arms; crowned lis to left and right / (crown) XPC : VIИCIT : XPC : RЄGИAT : XPC : ImPЄRAT (double annulet stops), voided cross potent, with central pellet-in-quadrilobe and two flowers at each end; crown in each angle; all within quadrilobe. Duplessy 511A; Ciani 634; Friedberg 307. Near EF, slight shaving on edge.

From the John H. McWhinney Collection.