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Double Tournois - Charles I 19th type
| Issuer | Arches-Charleville, Principality of |
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| Year | 1636-1638 |
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| Value | 2 Deniers (1⁄120) |
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| Reverse description | Three fleurs-de-lis arranged in the field, referencing the French royal heraldic tradition. The legend begins at 12 o'clock and encircles the design, with a double outer circle punctuated by eight evenly spaced pellets serving as decorative dividers. The date appears as part of the legend. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Charleville was a planned Renaissance city founded in 1606 by Charles de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers, who named it after himself and obtained the right to strike coinage for his principality of Arches-Charleville as a semi-autonomous territorial concession within the French kingdom. The Double Tournois issues from his mint ran through numerous successive types — nineteen distinct variants catalogued under his name alone — reflecting both the longevity of his rule and the mint's steady, small-scale output competing alongside royal French issues of identical denomination.
Charles de Gonzague died in 1637, mid-sequence, meaning this type straddles his death.