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Double Tournois - Maximilien III 5th type
| Issuer | Boisbelle-Henrichemont, Principality of |
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| Year | 1642 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Maximilien François de Béthune facing right, with flowing curly hair, set within a smooth inner circle. The legend, composed in Latin, commences at 6 o'clock and reads around the periphery. The portrait is rendered in the characteristic crude provincial style typical of feudal French copper coinage of the mid-seventeenth century. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The arms of Henrichemont displayed on a shield set within a field strewn with fleurs-de-lis, a design reflecting the principality's royal French affiliations. The legend, in Latin, commences at 12 o'clock and reads around the periphery, enclosing the central device within a smooth circle where present. The date 1642 and the mint initial H appear within the legend. |
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