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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24638546, member: 87809&quot;]Nice find yours as well, and 25 cents a real bargain! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>While I was trying to attribute the Orange coin I found this book on the web:</p><p>Frank Higgins “An introduction to the copper coins of modern Europe”, London, 1892.</p><p><br /></p><p>He says: &quot;It has been noted that the little Doubles and Deniers Tournois were not only minted by the Kings themselves in France, but imitated by princely vassals and the governors of distant provinces. The general appearance of the original coin is always preserved, and in most cases the reverse type with the fleur-de-lis is unaltered&quot; that&#039;s when I stopped looking for Louis XIII etc and started looking for princes of provinces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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