Gros - Wenceslaus II ND

Reverse

Imperial crown surmounting the Luxembourgish shield with the lion rampant to the left on a bureled field. Legend between two pearled circles, beginning at 12 o'clock and divided by the shield at 6 o'clock.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: +MONETA: NOVA LVCENBVRGE'

Lettering (regular font): +MONETA: NOVA LVCENBVRGE'

Translation: New currency of Luxembourg

Edge

Plain

Comment

An undated piece minted in the Luxembourg mint during the first personal government of Wenceslaus II (1383 - 1388).

Coin referred to popularly as "Gans" because of the eagle depicted on the obverse.
According to a count of the VDL, a Gans was worth two old Blan-Gros (Weiller, p. 77).

The first issue of this coin (more rare) is characterized by the x in the legend.
The x was then replaced by dots. The coin shown on this sheet is therefore not part of the first issue.

3 variants of legends are known for the obverse and 5 for the reverse.

Out of 102 pieces analyzed by Weiller, the average weight was 3.0 grams.
The extreme weights were 2.24 and 3.18 grams.

Some sales:

• Heidelberger M. Auc. 50 l.554, l.555, l.556
  

• Heidelberger M. Auc. 51 l.502
  

• Heidelberger M. Auc. 52 l.872
  

• Heidelberger M. Auc. 53 l.780
  

• Heidelberger M. Auc. 60 l.842
  

• Heidelberger M. Auc. 61 l.659
  

• Heidelberger M. Auc. 63 l.498, l.499
  

• Elsen Auc. 109 l.978
  

• Elsen Auc. 110 l.933
  

• Elsen Auc. 111 l.845
  

• Elsen Auc. 118 l.880
  

• Elsen Auc. 119 l.1063
  

• Aurea Auc. 50 l.541
  

• Aurea Auc. 70 l.343
  

• CGB v35_0456
  

• CGB v22_0980
  

• CGB v09_1004
  

• Spink Auc. 16005 l.1713, l.2190
  

• Agora Lot 38-285
  

• Agora Lot 50-239
  

• Cl. Numismatic Gr., Auc. 99 l.1044
  

• Macho & Chlapovič Auc. 10 l.1238
  

• Stack's Bowers Galleries l. 35111
  

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