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Franc à pied - Waleran III
| Issuer | County of Saint-Pol |
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| Year | 1371-1415 |
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| Value | 1 Franc (3) |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of the count standing beneath a Gothic canopy, clad in armour and robes, holding a sword upright in his right hand and a hand of justice in his left. The field is strewn with fleurs-de-lis in the French royal tradition. The peripheral legend in Latin runs along the coin's circumference, identifying the issuer by name and title. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Waleran III de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, was one of the more consequential — and opportunistic — figures of the Hundred Years' War, switching allegiances between France and England with calculated precision. This franc à pied copies the royal French type introduced by Jean II in 1360, a deliberate act of monetary mimicry common among semi-autonomous lords seeking to circulate coin on the back of an established currency's credibility. Feudal minting rights in the County of Saint-Pol were exercised sparingly, which keeps genuine examples scarce.