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Started by coinsmcr, December 31, 2023, 12:57:40 PM

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coinsmcr

weight  2,65 gr
diameter  22,5 mm
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bart

I am quite certain it is this one: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1313.html
With mint letter A = Paris.
I cannot read the date anymore; next to the front of the bust

JMP

Yes, but probably the specimen with the younger portrait,"bart". Look at the legend:

bart


coinsmcr


Figleaf

Numista 3317, Dy 1588. I think the coin is dated 1656 (mintage of 66 177 065). Remnants of the last two digits are still visible.

Type approved 17th December 1654, minted 1655-1658, Corbeil (a smallish town not too far from Paris) mint (A), to serve as small change in the lis d'or system that replaced the Lois d'or in 1655. Due to the war of the Spanish succession, the coppers were produced in auxiliary mints by "sous-traitants", sub-contractors. These privately run mints did a bad job (as previously in the period 1637-1643), with light to very light planchets and weak strikes. The private mints were closed one by one and private minting was forbidden by decree of 25 May 1658. On 1st June 1658, the privately minted liards were devalued from 3 to 2 deniers. On 20th July 1658, they were devalued again to 1 denier. The bad liards were only replaced in 1693 with coins bearing an uncrowned portrait.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.