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Denier Tournois - Louis XI 2nd issue

Features

Issuer France
King Louis XI (1461-1483)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1476
Value 1 Denier (1⁄240 LT)
Currency Livre tournois (1204-1795)
Composition Billon (.079 silver)
Weight 0.63 g
Diameter 16 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
419584
References Dy royales# 563A
Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes).
, Gad R1# 8
Stéphan Sombart; 2022. Monnaies royales françaises de Louis XI à Henri IV / Volume 1: 1461-1610. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.
, LP# 547a
Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles (publisher). Les monnaies des rois de France. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles, Paris, France / Basel, Switzerland (2 volumes).
, Ciani# –
Louis Ciani; 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France.

Obverse

Two fleur-de-lys in trilobe.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: + LVDOVICVS FRAnC REX

Lettering (regular font): + LVDOVICVS FRANC REX

Translation: Louis, king of the Franks.

Reverse

Cross in quatrefoil.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: + SIT nOME DnI BEnED

Lettering (regular font): + SIT NOME DNI BENED

Translation: Blessed be the name of the Lord.

Mints

Mintmark of Bordeaux Bordeaux, France (?-1880)
Dijon, France
Limoges, France (?-1837)
Mintmark of Lyon Lyon, France (413-1858)
Saint-Pourçain, modern-day Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, France

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1476)  Bordeaux
ND (1476)  Dijon: star
ND (1476)  Limoges: dot 10th
ND (1476)  Lyon
ND (1476)  Saint-Pourcain: dot 11th

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