100 Francs - Charlotte John the Blind ND

Reverse

Warrior (depicting John the Blind) riding to the right with a crested helmet, brandishing a sword with his right hand and covering himself with a shield with the arms of Luxembourg. Behind him is a banner inscribed with its motto. Around the legend in Luxembourg, the name of the engraver in words at 5 o'clock and below the date of death of John the Blind and the date of issue of the coin.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
•JANG•DE•BLANNEN•
SERVIAM
26-VIII-
1346 - 1946
BONNETAIN

Translation:
John the Blind
I serve

Engraver: Armand Bonnetain

Edge

Milled

Comment

Currency issued by order of the Grand-Ducal Decree of 29 September 1947 for an amount of 10 million francs. They were struck at the Brussels mint with an alloy of silver (835 ‰) and copper (165 ‰) and a tolerance of 3 thousandths. The tolerance of the weight being 10 thousandths.

After demonetization in 1955, 2000 pieces were restruck in 1964 while retaining the mintage year of 1946. The name of the engraver was forgotten on the right and the reverse. The groove of these restrikes is very weakly marked. Of these pieces, 500 were restruck a second time, also in 1964. They have the same characteristics as the first restrike except that the groove is well marked this time, but coarse. These parts correspond to the reference L#293-3 and Weiller#283C (Weiller, pp 158-159).


A coin commemorating the heroic death of a heroic http://www.luxembourg.public.lu/fr/le-grand-duche-se-presente/luxembourgeois-celebres_PHASE-II/personnages-historiques/jean-aveugle/index.html]Jean the Blind[/url] at the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346 and on the other hand the translation of his ashes from Kastel-Staadt to the crypt of the Notre-Dame Cathedral of Luxembourg on August 26, 1946.


The legend says that Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, impressed by the bravery of John the Blind, would have used his motto "Serviam" and its crest (2 bird wings) to create its emblem made of three ostrich feathers.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
ND (1946)	100	-	-	-	-	-	-
ND (1964)	2000	-	-	-	-	-	-

Values in the table are based on evaluations by sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only for 100 Francs - Charlotte (John the Blind) ND (1946-1964) coin.