Liard - Leopold I

Features

Issuer	Duchy of Lorraine (French States)
Duke	Leopold (1697-1729)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1706-1729
Value	1 Liard (1⁄80)
Currency	Pound of Lorraine (1700-1737)
Composition	Copper
Weight	2.1 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 19914
References	Boudeau# 1594 Élie Boudeau. Monnaies Françaises Provinciales (4 volumes). , KM# 81 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Flon# 46 (p. 879) Dominique Flon; 2002. Histoire monétaire de la Lorraine et des Trois-Évêchés. Société Thierry Alix, Nancy, France (3 volumes). , Saulcy# XXX, III Félicien de Saulcy; 1841. Recherches sur les Monnaies des Ducs Héréditaires de Lorraine. Typographie de S. Lamort, Metz, France.

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Obverse

Bust, draped and facing right, dividing the legend above.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LEOP·I·D·G·D·LOT·B·R·IE

Unabridged legend: Leopoldus I Dei Gratia Dux Lotharingiae Bari Rex Ierusalem

Translation: Leopold I, for God's grace, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, King of Jerusalem.

Reverse

Inscription in four lines with date, divided by an alerion, below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
☩
LIARD
DE
LORRAINE
17 27

Unabridged legend: Liard de Lorraine

Translation: Liard of Lorraine.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Nancy, France

Comments

The weight of this type is highly variable, ranging from about 2.0 to 2.8 g.
For some later dates, the punch used reverse for the letter R resembles a K.

Leopold I is the son of Charles V (1642-1690), a lackland duke. Unlike his father, he managed taking back his Duchy after the Ryswick treatees signed on October 30th, 1697. The following year he spoused Charlotte of Orleans, niece of Louis XIV of France, making Leopold I torn in two, between his 2 families: in one side, the French reigning family of his wife, and in the other side, his own family, whose uncle and cousins ruled over the Archiduchy of Austria and as Holy Roman Emperors.

This coin is clearly inspirated by the Liard de France, proof of the growing influence of the Kingdom of France over Lorraine.

Even Lorraine was simply a Duchy, the Duke Leopold Ier wore the title of King on his coins, plaiming himself heir of Godefroy de Bouillon, former King of Jerusalem. This also explains the use of a Jerusalem cross on the reverse.

Examples of varieties of the obverse lettering :

B.REX.I
B.REX.IE
BA.R.IE
BA.REX.I

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	Frequency
Undetermined
1706						12%
1707						0.9%
1708						7%
1710						0.9%
1711						1.4%
1713						4%
1714				$ 9.20		13%
1715						10%
1726						9%
1727	7 590 010			$ 16	$ 29	29%
1728		$ 1.20	$ 4.00	$ 9.10		46%
1729						3%

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