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Esterlin - Jean the Blind
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1309-1346 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Frontal crowned royal effigy occupies the central field, rendered in the flat, stylised manner characteristic of early 14th-century Luxembourgish hammered coinage. The bust is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, beyond which runs the circumferential Latin legend in uncial lettering. An outer beaded girdle frames the entire design, forming a concentric triple-ring border. The overall composition follows the Anglo-inspired sterling esterlin tradition introduced into the Low Countries during this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Jean the Blind inherited Luxembourg in 1309 and spent virtually his entire reign campaigning across Europe — Bohemia, Poland, Lithuania, Italy — accumulating territories and debts in roughly equal measure. He was elected King of Bohemia in 1310 through his marriage to Eliška Přemyslovna, which dramatically elevated Luxembourg's dynastic standing and reshaped the monetary needs of his scattered domains. The esterlin type reflects the English sterling's dominant influence on small-denomination silver across the Low Countries and Rhineland during the early fourteenth century.
Jean died at Crécy in 1346, blind for over a decade, fighting for the French against Edward III — reportedly insisting his knights tie their horses to his so he could strike at least one blow.