Denier Tournois - Louis XI 1st issue

Features

Issuer	France
King	Louis XI (1461-1483)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1461
Value	1 Denier (1⁄240 LT)
Currency	Livre tournois (1204-1795)
Composition	Billon (.106 silver)
Weight	1.1 g
Diameter	16 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 57176
References	Dy royales# 563 Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes). , Gad R1# 7 Stéphan Sombart; 2022. Monnaies royales françaises de Louis XI à Henri IV / Volume 1: 1461-1610. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco. , LP# 547 Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles (publisher). Les monnaies des rois de France. Émile Bourgey, Monnaies et Medailles, Paris, France / Basel, Switzerland (2 volumes). , Ciani Royales# 777 Louis Ciani, Jules Florange (ed.); 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France.

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Obverse

Two fleur-de-lys within a trilobe.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: + LVDOVICVSxFRAnxREX.

Lettering (regular font): + LVDOVICVSXFRANXREX.

Reverse

A cross in a quatrefoil.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: +TVROnVSxCIVISxFRACOR

Lettering (regular font): +TVRONVSXCIVISXFRACOR

Mints

	Angers, France (mid 8th century - 1662)
	Châlons-sur-Marne, modern-day Châlons-en-Champagne, France (9th century - 1593)
	La Rochelle, France (?-1837)
	Limoges, France (?-1837)
	Lyon, France (413-1858)
	Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
	Montpellier, France
	Poitiers, France
	Romans-sur-Isère, France (1192-1554)
	Rouen, France (?-1858)
	Saint-Lô, France (1275-1693)
	Toulouse, France (?-1837)
	Tournai, Belgium (625-1709)
	Tours, France
	Troyes, France
	Villefranche, modern-day Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France

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Date	F
Undetermined
ND (1461)	$ 81	1st issue - Châlons-en-Champagne Mint
ND (1461)		Angers: dot 7th
ND (1461)		La Rochelle: dot 9th
ND (1461)		Limoges: dot 10th
ND (1461)		Lyon: Plain cross
ND (1461)		Montpellier: dot 4th
ND (1461)		Paris: dot 18th
ND (1461)		Poitiers: dot 8th
ND (1461)		Romans: dot 2nd and crowned R
ND (1461)		Rouen: dot 15th
ND (1461)		Saint-Lo: dot 19th
ND (1461)		Toulouse: dot 5th
ND (1461)		Tournai: dot 16th
ND (1461)		Tours: dot 6th and tower
ND (1461)		Troyes: dot 14th
ND (1461)		Villefranche: gothic V

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Actual billon weight: 0.004 oz

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