Obole Tournois - Charles VI

Charles VI ruled for 42 years, but by the mid-1390s he was suffering recurrent episodes of psychosis — at times refusing to bathe, unaware of his own name, convinced he was made of glass. Royal administration lurched between factions of his brother Louis of Orléans and his uncle Philip of Burgundy, with mint policy subject to the same instability. The billon coinage of this reign was repeatedly debased as the crown extracted seigniorage revenue to fund both the Hundred Years' War and internal factional fighting.

The tournois type traces its design lineage to Tours, absorbed into the royal domain under Louis IX two centuries earlier.