FRANCE/SPAIN Medal 1821 Besancon (City). Struck in the name of Charles I of Spain. Top Pop! NGC MS 66 BN

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Certification details

Certification number: 8584139-007

Grade: MS 66 BN

Nominal value: BRONZE

Mint Mark: FRANCE

Variety: CHARLES V ; GAYRARD - (41mm)

Year: 1821-DATED

1821, France/Spain. Emperor Charles V (King Charles I of Spain). Bronze Suite Medal. NGC MS-66 BN!

Mint Year: 1821
Mint Place: Paris
Medallist: Raymond Gayrard
Publisher: Pierre-Amédée Durand
References: https://www.surdoc.cl/registro/3-8274
Condition: Certified and graded by NGC as MS-66 BN!
Denomination: Suite Medal - Emperor Charles V (King Charles I of Spain). - From the Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium Series, published by Pierre-Amédée Durand in 1821-1823.
Material: Bronze
Diameter: 41mm
Weight: 38gm



Obverse: Draped bust of Emperor Charles V right, wearing a cap and the Toison d'Or order around neck. Medallist´s signature (GAYRARD F.) below.
Legend: CAROLUS V ROMAN - IMP. HISPANIARUM REX
Translated: "Charles V, Roman Emperor, King of Spain."

Reverse: Bibiliographical data in seven lines above name of the suite medal series and date (1821).
Legend: NATUS / GANDAVI / IN BELGIUCA / AN.M.D. / OBIIT / IN HISPANIA / AN.M.D. LVIII. / SERIES NUMISMATICA UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTERIUM / M.D.CCC.XXI. / DURAND EDIDIT
Translated: "Born in Ghent, Belgium, 1500. Died in Spain, 1558."





Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556. On the eve of his death in 1558, his realm, which has been described as one in which the sun never sets, spanned almost 4 million square kilometers.

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