Double Tournois - Frédéric-Maurice 8th type

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.