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Blanchet - Philibert I

Issuer Duchy of Savoy (Savoy (France), French States)
Year 1472-1482
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Composition Silver
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Edge Plain
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Mintage ND (1472-1482) GR
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Philibert I inherited Savoy at age seven following the death of his father Amadeus IX in 1472, placing actual governance in the hands of his mother Yolande of France — sister to Louis XI — whose regency was marked by factional violence, her own kidnapping by Savoyard lords in 1476, and persistent Burgundian entanglements during the Wars of Burgundy. Coinage struck in his name throughout this decade reflects an administration perpetually in crisis rather than any coherent monetary policy.

The blanchet denomination itself was a small-change solution common to French-influenced territories of the period, its silver content already marginal by design.

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