Royal d'or - Philippe VI

Philippe VI, the first Valois king, introduced the royal d'or in 1328 as part of a broader assertion of dynastic legitimacy following his contested succession over Edward III of England — a dispute that would, within a decade, ignite the Hundred Years' War. The coin's name derived directly from the royal imagery it carried, a deliberate break from the florin-influenced vocabulary of his Capetian predecessors.

Duplessy royal 247 is the anchor reference for this type. Pure gold coinage of this fineness was already becoming economically unsustainable by mid-reign; Philippe debased repeatedly from the 1330s onward, making the pristine early issues increasingly short-lived in circulation.