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Double Hardi - Henry IV / Henry V / Henry VI
| Issuer | Duchy of Aquitaine (French States) |
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| Year | 1399-1453 |
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| Currency | Livre |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of a crowned king standing in the field, clad in armour and robes, holding an upright sword in the right hand, the blade intersecting the surrounding legend. The figure stands on a decorative base. A beaded inner circle frames the central device, with the Gothic uncial legend running continuously in the outer margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | ERIC RE AnGLIE FRAn (Translation: Henry, king of England and France...) |
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The Double Hardi was the workhorse silver of English Aquitaine, minted continuously through a half-century that saw the Lancastrian dynasty push deep into France, lose nearly everything at Agincourt's aftermath, and finally surrender Bordeaux in 1453 — ending three hundred years of English rule in Gascony. Production ran across mints at Bordeaux, Bazas, Dax, and Libourne, among others, making attribution to a specific reign genuinely difficult without die study.
The fall of Bordeaux to Charles VII that October effectively ended this coinage type entirely.