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Double Tournois - Frédéric-Maurice 8th type
| Issuer | Sedan, Principality of |
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| Year | 1632 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| 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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| Edge | Plain |
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Frédéric-Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne ruled Sedan as a sovereign prince, which entitled him to strike his own coinage independent of the French royal mint system — a privilege the Bourbon monarchy was increasingly unwilling to tolerate. By 1642, Richelieu had maneuvered to annex Sedan entirely, partly using Frédéric-Maurice's own conspiracy against the Crown as justification. This 1632 piece predates that absorption by a decade, struck while the principality still functioned as a genuinely autonomous enclave on the Meuse.
The eighth type designation reflects how frequently the Sedan dies were reworked across short runs — CGKL distinguishes at least eight distinct type configurations for this reign alone.