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Grand Brûlé, perron - John of Heinsberg
| Issuer | Prince-Bishopric of Liege |
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| Year | 1419-1448 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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John of Heinsberg's tenure as Prince-Bishop of Liège was marked by persistent fiscal pressure and repeated conflict with the city's guilds. The brûlé coinage — debased billon struck to stretch silver reserves — was a recurring response to those pressures, and the perron type ties the issue directly to Liège's civic identity: the perron being the ornamental column in the Place du Marché that symbolized the city's communal liberties. Striking that emblem on a debased coin was not without political irony.