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Denier tournois - Piéfort de poids quadruple
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1607 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two fleurs-de-lis arranged side by side in the central field, with the mint mark letter A positioned below, denoting the Paris mint. The peripheral legend DENIER TOVRNOIS 1607, separated by asterisks and introduced by a cross pattee, encircles the design. The composition is characteristic of the tournois coinage of Henri IV, with the fleurs-de-lis serving as the principal heraldic devices of the French crown. |
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Piéforts were not struck for circulation — they served as official weight and die standards, presentation pieces, or proof-of-work submissions to the crown. A quadruple-weight piéfort of the denier tournois is among the more emphatic demonstrations of the type: four times the standard planchet thickness run through the same dies, demanding exceptional die pressure and leaving virtually no impression weakness. Henri IV's mint administration at Tours — the origin of the tournois denomination centuries earlier — maintained a rigorous documentation practice, and pieces like this likely accompanied official assay records.
The CGKL citation as "cf. 224" signals no exact parallel has been catalogued, placing this among unrecorded or only loosely attributed piéfort variants.