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Salut d'or - Henry VI
| Issuer | Kingdom of France |
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| Year | 1423-1449 |
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| Currency | Livre tournois (987-1795) |
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| Obverse lettering | HENRICVS : DEI : GRA : FRACORV : Ƶ : AGLIE : REX (Translation: Henricus Dei Gra (-tia) Fra (-n-) coru (-m) Ƶ (= Et) A (-n-) glie Rex: `Henry, by the grace of God King of the French and of England`.) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Salut d'or was introduced by Henry V of England following the Treaty of Troyes in 1420, which made him heir to the French throne and effectively created a dual monarchy. After his death in 1422, the coin continued to be struck in the name of his infant son Henry VI, who held the theoretical French kingship while Charles VII contested it from south of the Loire. The coin's very name — salut, meaning salutation — referenced the design's theological imagery, chosen deliberately to legitimize an English king's claim over French territory through sacred association.
Production ran from Paris and Saint-Lô under Anglo-Burgundian control, collapsing definitively after Charles VII retook Paris in 1436 and the English grip on northern France disintegrated.