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Esterlin Quarter Gros - Jean the Blind
| Issuer | Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1309-1346 |
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| Weight | 0.95 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Jean de Luxembourg, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, struck these small silver pieces during a reign that spanned the courts of central Europe. The esterlin — a denomination borrowed directly from the English sterling tradition and widely copied across the Low Countries in the early fourteenth century — was part of Jean's effort to integrate Luxembourg's coinage into the broader commercial currency of the region. He died at Crécy in 1346, blind for over a decade, led into battle by a knight so he could strike at least one blow. His horse was found tethered to the horses of his dead companions the following morning.