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Double Tournois - Louis XIII Villeneuve, 3rd type
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1620-1622 |
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| Value | 2 Deniers (1⁄120 LT) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Three fleurs-de-lis arranged in a triangular formation — two in chief and one in base — within a beaded inner circle, representing the royal arms of France. The design is bold and deeply struck, characteristic of hammered copper coinage of the period. The surrounding legend reads DOVBLE TOVRNOIS (or variant spellings), accompanied by the date and a small star or mint mark. The date appears vertically along the left side of the field, with the legend running clockwise from a cross pattee at the top. |
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The Double Tournois underwent repeated redesigns under Louis XIII as royal administrators attempted to standardize production across a network of provincial mints with notoriously inconsistent output. Villeneuve-lès-Avignon — operating under the mint mark "E couronnée" — was one of the smaller facilities in that network, and its issues from this 1620–1622 window fall within a period of sharp friction between the crown and the Huguenot south, when reliable coin supply into the Languedoc region carried real political weight.