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Blanchet - Charles I
| Issuer | Duchy of Savoy (Savoy (France), French States) |
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| Year | 1482-1490 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Charles I of Savoy ruled a duchy caught between the competing pressures of France and the Italian states, and his coinage reflects that precarious position — billon issues of minimal intrinsic value that functioned more as tokens of political presence than reliable exchange. He died in 1490 leaving no legitimate heir, precipitating a succession crisis that would eventually draw the duchy into direct French influence under his successors.
The blanchet denomination itself was a product of chronic silver shortages across the Franco-Italian monetary zone in the late fifteenth century. Dy féodales 2770 is not a rare type, but survivors in attributable condition are less common than mintage logic would suggest.