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Double Tournois - Frédéric-Maurice 11th type
| Issuer | Sedan, Principality of |
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| Year | 1632-1633 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | F.MAVRICE.DE.LA.TOVR.P.S.D.S. (Translation: Frédéric-Maurice of La Tour, Prince Sovereign of Sedan.) |
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Frédéric-Maurice de la Tour d'Auvergne ruled Sedan as a sovereign prince, and the principality's right to strike its own copper coinage was a persistent irritant to the French crown. Louis XIII's government repeatedly pressured the small enclave to conform to royal monetary ordinances, a pressure that intensified through the early 1630s. Sedan's continued independent issues during 1632–33 were as much a political statement as a fiscal one.
The 11th type designation in the CGKL sequence reflects how frequently the Sedan dies were reworked across Frédéric-Maurice's tenure — minor changes in die execution that today allow specialists to reconstruct the approximate chronology of an otherwise sparsely documented mint.