Charleville was the creation of Charles de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers, who founded the planned city in 1606 and named it after himself. The principality of Arches-Charleville occupied a strategically awkward strip of territory within the French kingdom yet outside its monetary jurisdiction, which gave the Gonzague line the right to strike their own copper coinage — a privilege they exploited with considerable vigor throughout the Thirty Years' War period. French royal authorities grew increasingly hostile to these semi-autonomous mints flooding nearby markets with competing petty coinage.
The 14th type designation in the CGKL sequence reflects how frequently the dies were modified across Charles's long output.
Charleville was the creation of Charles de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers, who founded the planned city in 1606 and named it after himself. The principality of Arches-Charleville occupied a strategically awkward strip of territory within the French kingdom yet outside its monetary jurisdiction, which gave the Gonzague line the right to strike their own copper coinage — a privilege they exploited with considerable vigor throughout the Thirty Years' War period. French royal authorities grew increasingly hostile to these semi-autonomous mints flooding nearby markets with competing petty coinage.
The 14th type designation in the CGKL sequence reflects how frequently the dies were modified across Charles's long output.