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Double of Sedan - Frédéric-Maurice 13th type
| Issuer | Principality of Sedan |
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| Year | 1634-1638 |
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| Value | 2 Deniers (1⁄120) |
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| Reverse description | A large tower occupies the lower portion of the field, surmounted by a fleur-de-lis; approximately seven additional fleurs-de-lis are distributed around the central device. The legend begins at seven o'clock and proceeds clockwise, enclosed within a beaded circle. The date appears as part of the reverse legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sedan's autonomous coinage during the 1630s was a direct product of the La Tour d'Auvergne family's stubborn insistence on sovereign minting rights within an increasingly centralized French state. Frédéric-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne exploited his principality's technical independence to produce copper petty coinage well after Richelieu had effectively curtailed similar privileges elsewhere. The French crown tolerated it — barely — partly because Sedan's strategic position on the Meuse made outright confrontation politically inconvenient.
The thirteen distinct type classifications for Frédéric-Maurice's doubles reflect genuine die variations accumulated across his minting runs, not a single coherent program.