Double Tournois - Frédéric-Maurice 7th type

Frédéric-Maurice de la Tour d'Auvergne ruled Sedan as a nominally independent principality wedged between France and the Spanish Netherlands, a position that demanded constant diplomatic contortion. His coinage mimicked the royal Double Tournois closely enough to circulate alongside French royal copper — a deliberate blurring of the line between sovereign issue and royal imitation. By 1642 he had abandoned the Protestant cause, converted to Catholicism, and surrendered much of his independence to Richelieu in exchange for military command, ending the principality's brief numismatic ambition within a decade of this issue.