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Denier Tournois - Francis I

Denier Tournois - Francis I - obverseDenier Tournois - Francis I - reverse

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Features

Issuer France
King Francis I (François Ier) (1515-1547)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1541
Value 1 Denier (1⁄240 LT)
Currency Livre tournois (1204-1795)
Composition Billon (.059 silver)
Weight 0.54 g
Diameter 14.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
39080
References Dy royales# 936
Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes).
, Gad R1# 183
Stéphan Sombart; 2022. Monnaies royales françaises de Louis XI à Henri IV / Volume 1: 1461-1610. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.
, Ciani Royales# 1187
Louis Ciani, Jules Florange (ed.); 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France.
, LP# 793
Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles (publisher). Les monnaies des rois de France. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles, Paris, France / Basel, Switzerland (2 volumes).

Obverse

Two lilies in trilobe.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: + FRANCISCVS. D. G. FRANCO. REX.

Lettering (regular font): + FRANCISCVS. D. G. FRANCO. REX.

Reverse

Cross in quatrefoil.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: + TVRONVS. CIVIS: FRANCORVM

Lettering (regular font): + TVRONVS. CIVIS: FRANCORVM

Mints

A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
B Rouen, France (?-1858)
H La Rochelle, France (?-1837)
I Limoges, France (?-1837)
Mintmark of Bordeaux (K) Bordeaux, France (?-1880)
Mintmark of Bayonne (L) Bayonne, France (?-1837)
M Toulouse, France (?-1837)
N Montpellier, France
Mintmark of Dijon (P) Dijon, France
R Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France
V Turin, Italy (1297-1870)
X Villefranche, modern-day Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1541)  Bayonne
ND (1541) A
ND (1541) B
ND (1541) H
ND (1541) I (fr) I à l'avers et au revers, légendes différentes
ND (1541) K
ND (1541) L
ND (1541) M
ND (1541) N
ND (1541) P
ND (1541) R
ND (1541) V
ND (1541) X

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Actual billon weight: 0.001 oz
Current billon price: 0.00 USD/oz

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