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Auction: 20133 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 3 - Part II: The Sovereign
Lot: 1303

Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI (1422-61), Salut d'Or, c. 1426, Paris, 3.36g, 8h, m.m. crown, annulet on inner circle below mintmark both sides (Elias 264h), light scratches in fields, otherwise a bolder very fine, rare

Provenance
DNW 91, 16 March 2011, lot 681 - 'wherein offered with a letter of identification from the British Museum, dated 3 August 1944 [since lost]



Equivalent to the contemporary English 'Half-Noble', its popularity amongst European merchants was high, enabling the coin to become the successful precursor that established a standard value of account upon which the Sovereign coin could succeed from 1489.

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Estimate

Starting price
£1100