Double Denier - Henry II cross of Jerusalem

Henry II of Lorraine held the title King of Jerusalem as a purely nominal claim inherited through the House of Guise — a dynastic fiction with no territorial reality by 1608. The cross of Jerusalem on this issue was a deliberate political statement, asserting lineage and prestige at a moment when Lorraine was navigating extreme pressure between the French crown and the Habsburg sphere. At 0.52 g in billon, these pieces circulated hard in a duchy that was effectively a buffer state, and survivors in any meaningful condition are genuinely scarce.