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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4572559, member: 85693&quot;]Nice one, lordmarcovan.&nbsp; I have a similar one, but countermarked.&nbsp; Countermarks tend to do horrible things to the host coin, so it is nice to see your intact example.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1132128[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Metz&nbsp; AR Bugne</b></p><p><b>Robert de Leoncourt </b></p><p><b>1551-1555 (cm 1621)</b></p><p>S. TEPH - .PROTH. M., St. Stephen kneeling / [M]ON[E]TA - MET-[ENS] P (?), Long cross with stars in angles.</p><p>Rob.8930. Fl.p765.30.</p><p>Countermark:&nbsp; Eagle in 5 mm circle reverse.</p><p>(0.85 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Countermark Notes: &quot;By decree of January 14, 1621, Henry, Duke of Lorraine decided to countermark with a crowned alerion, in his Mint of Nancy, the double money of Charles III, duke of Lorraine. There are also rare Metz (bugnes).&quot; </p><p>Google trans. of Alde Public Auction Oct. 2015[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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