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Denier Tournois - Louis XIII Paris mint, 4th type

Issuer Monnaie de Paris
Year 1627
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Currency Livre tournois (987-1795)
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Obverse description Bust of Louis XIII facing right, with legend commencing at 6 o'clock and running clockwise around the periphery, enclosed within a smooth inner circle. The royal titles are abbreviated in Latin capital letters. The portrait is rendered in the style typical of early seventeenth-century French hammered coinage, with the king shown in profile with draped shoulders.
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Reverse description Three fleurs-de-lis arranged in a triangular formation within a smooth inner circle, with the mint mark letter A positioned below them in the field, denoting the Paris mint. The circular legend, reading DENIER TOVRNOIS followed by the date 1627, commences at 12 o'clock and runs clockwise around the outer border of the coin.
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