Florin - John II 1st type

€104,593.00
IssuerLuxembourg
Year1419-1424
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value1 Gold Florin
CurrencyFlorin (1353-1713)
CompositionGold
Weight3.39 g
Dimensions
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) L#189-1, Weiller#180, BV#189, Delmonte G#392
Obverse descriptionSt. Peter standing in front, holding a book in his left hand and a large key on the right, at the knees a coat of arms of Bavaria. Surrounded by the legend between an indoor girdle lined with a net and an external girdle. The saint divides up and down the legend and the inner girdle, as well as the net.
Obverse scriptLatin (uncial)
Obverse lettering*IOh`• C`• P`• R`• D VX• BAVAR`
(Translation: Jean, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria)
Reverse descriptionIn a quadrilobe with a double rib, the quarterly shield of Bavaria-Palatinate, surrounded by four shields. At the top the shield with the empirial eagle rounded so as to simulate the wheel of Mainz, to the right the shield of Palatinate, to the left of Bavaria and at the bottom of Luxembourg, surrounded by the legend between two pearled circles.
Reverse scriptLatin (uncial)
Reverse lettering*MOn` *nOV` *LVC` *BVR`
(Translation: New currency of Luxembourg)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (1419-1424)  - -
Catalog ID1511146350
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