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Double with ermine - John V Nantes
| Issuer | Duchy of Brittany |
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| Year | 1436-1442 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse lettering | ✠ MONETA : BRITANIE : (Translation: Coin of Brittany.) |
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| Mintage | ND (1436-1442) N - (fr) Jéz 380 a1 (B 935) - I: D • N: // M: B - ND (1436-1442) N - (fr) Jéz 380 a2 (B 934) - I: D • N: // M: B: - ND (1436-1442) N - (fr) Jéz 380 b1 (B 936) - I: D: N: // M: B: - ND (1436-1442) N - (fr) Jéz 380 b2 (B 937) - I x D: N: // M: B: - |
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John V ruled Brittany through a period of calculated neutrality during the Hundred Years' War, extracting concessions from both France and England while maintaining effective independence. His monetary output was prolific by ducal standards, and the Double with ermine belongs to a series of billon issues designed to support everyday commerce at a moment when war-disrupted trade had badly degraded the small-change supply across western France.
The ermine — Brittany's heraldic marker of dynastic identity — was a deliberate assertion of separation from the French royal monetary system at a time when the Valois crown was aggressively reasserting control over feudal mints.