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Liard - Leopold I
| Issuer | Lorraine, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1706-1729 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Duke Leopold I facing right, with long curling hair in the Baroque style, dividing the circular Latin legend. The portrait is rendered in low relief typical of early 18th-century Lorraine coinage, with the duke depicted in civilian dress. A dentilated border frames the design along the coin's rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Leopold I of Lorraine spent much of his early reign navigating French occupation and the aftermath of the Nine Years' War, only regaining effective control of his duchy in 1698. These copper liards were issued across a long span as small-change coinage for a territory that remained technically sovereign but operated under persistent French political pressure — France would absorb Lorraine entirely within decades of Leopold's death in 1729.
Flon's exhaustive study of Lorraine coinage identifies multiple die variants across this type's production run, making Saulcy's earlier classification now considered incomplete for serious attribution work.