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Douzain - Henry IV
| Issuer | Royal Mint of France |
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| Year | 1593 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM A |
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Henry IV was still a Protestant king in 1593, fighting to secure a throne half the country refused to accept. He abjured Calvinism in July of that year — allegedly remarking that "Paris is worth a mass" — and the mints loyal to him had been operating in contested territory throughout the Wars of Religion. Billon coinage of this precise moment exists in a numismatic grey zone: struck by a king mid-conversion, circulating among a population that had spent decades melting, hoarding, or simply distrusting royal small change.
The Dy royales 1248 / Gad R554 reference confirms this as a League-period type, and mint attribution on surviving examples is complicated by the proliferation of active mints Henry used to supply cash to his armies.