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Blanc à l'L - Louis of Bourbon
| Issuer | Liege, Prince-bishopric of |
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| Year | 1465 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse description | A long cross pattée divides the reverse field into four quarters, each containing a heraldic charge: the upper quarters display rampant lions, while the lower quarters bear fleurs-de-lis, referencing the territorial arms associated with the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. A small central motif marks the intersection of the cross. The outer margin carries a Gothic uncial legend denoting the monetary authority and the mint at Hasselt, all enclosed within a beaded circle consistent with the hammered coinage style of the period. |
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Louis of Bourbon was appointed Prince-Bishop of Liège in 1456 under heavy pressure from his uncle Philip the Good of Burgundy, making him effectively a Burgundian instrument lodged within an ecclesiastical principality that bitterly resented outside control. The blanc à l'L was struck against that backdrop of simmering factional tension — within three years of this coin's issue date, Liège would erupt in open revolt, culminating in the Liégeois defeat at the Battle of Brusthem in 1467.
The denomination itself borrowed directly from French billon coinage conventions then dominant across the Low Countries.