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Double Tournois - Henri III La Rochelle mint, 1st type
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1579-1581 |
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| Weight | 2.5 g |
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| Reverse description | Three fleurs-de-lis arranged in the French royal arms configuration of two above and one below, set within a beaded inner circle of approximately 11 to 13 mm in diameter. The legend commences at 12 o'clock, introduced by a cross pattee. A crescent mint mark identifying mint warden Nicolas Rinette (active 1578-1584) and a flying bird to the right serving as the monetary guardian mark of Jehan Chesnau (active 1579-1585) appear in the legend. The date and denomination are incorporated into the reverse legend. |
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| Mintage | 1579 H - (fr) a1, b1 - 219,180 1581 H - - |
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The double tournois as a copper denomination was reintroduced under Henri III in 1577 after decades of absence, part of a broader monetary ordinance intended to address the chronic shortage of small change that had plagued French commerce throughout the Wars of Religion. La Rochelle, then still a Huguenot stronghold operating under the terms of the Edict of Beaulieu, presents an interesting issuing authority for a royal copper coinage — the mint functioned under crown warrant even as the city retained substantial political autonomy.
CGKL 50a designates the first type, distinguished from later variants by specific obverse die characteristics formalized before the 1581 revision.