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Gros Tournois - Henri VII
| Issuer | County of Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1300-1309 |
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| Currency | Livre Tournois (963-1353) |
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| Obverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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| Reverse lettering | +M`ETA EMERAVDE (Translation: Mint of Méraude (Poilvache)) |
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Henri VII of Luxembourg issued these coins during his reign as Count before his elevation as Holy Roman Emperor-elect in 1308 — a political ascent that would ultimately end with his death in Buonconvento in 1313, allegedly by poison, though likely malaria. The gros tournois type he adopted was a direct copy of the French royal standard established under Louis IX, a deliberate monetary policy choice that leveraged the tournois's already wide acceptance in cross-border trade along the Meuse and Rhine corridors.
Weiller's classification separates several die variants within this type; the L#28-1 reference places this piece among the earlier emissions of the series.