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Double Tournois - Louis XIII Troyes/Chappes mint
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1637-1638 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | LOYS.XIII.R.DE.FRAN.ET.NAVA.(fleur). (a) LOYS.XIII.R.DE.FRAN.ET.NAV.(fleur). (b) LOYS.XIII.R.DE.FRAN.ET.NAV.(fleur) (c) LOYS.XIII.R.DE.FRAN.ET.NAVA (fleur). (d) (Translation: Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Troyes mint operated intermittently and was frequently suspended by royal decree during the seventeenth century, its output subject to ongoing disputes between local authorities and the fermiers who held the mint lease. The Chappes attribution reflects a satellite operation rather than the main Troyes workshop — a distinction that matters for variety collectors working this series.
Louis XIII's copper double tournois issues of the late 1630s were struck under successive monetary ordinances attempting to standardize a denomination that had been debased and counterfeited so aggressively across provincial mints that public confidence in small copper coinage had nearly collapsed.