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Double Tournois - Louis XIII Toulouse
| Issuer | Monnaie de Toulouse |
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| Year | 1611-1612 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | + DOVBLE.TOVRNOIS (différent) (millésime) (Translation: Double Tournois. Three lilies placed 2 and 1.) |
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Louis XIII was nine years old when these were struck, with his mother Marie de Médicis ruling as regent following Henri IV's assassination in 1610. The Toulouse mint — identified by its M mintmark — was one of several provincial ateliers authorized to produce the small copper coinage that circulated among the poorest segments of French society, often refused by merchants and melted or counterfeited with impunity.
Provincial double tournois from this regency period frequently show die-alignment irregularities, a product of decentralized oversight rather than any single striking event.