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Double Tournois - Francis 6th type
| Issuer | Château-Regnault, Principality of |
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| Year | 1605-1614 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Three fleurs-de-lis arranged in a triangular formation — two above and one below — occupy the central field within a plain inner circle, referencing the royal arms of France and the Bourbon lineage of the issuing prince. The design is executed in a bold, somewhat rustic hammered style characteristic of provincial French feudal coinage. A circular Latin legend surrounds the inner circle, reading + DOVBLE★TOVRNOIS, identifying the denomination, with a small cross and a star serving as legend dividers. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Château-Regnault was a tiny principality in the Ardennes held by François de Bourbon-Conti, and its coinage rights — technically subordinate to the French crown — were exercised with considerable independence during this period. The double tournois series issued there closely mirrors royal French types, which was both a legal convenience and a political statement from a house that maintained an uneasy relationship with Paris throughout the early Bourbon years.
CGKL 650 is among the scarcer attributed types for this principality, with surviving examples often uncleaned due to the coin's copper fabric and the damp conditions of Ardennes hoards.