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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3178170, member: 89314&quot;]A lot of action - and many interesting coins -&nbsp; on this thread while I was away.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are 2 contributions for 1590.</p><p><br /></p><p>Italy SAVOY Carlo Emanuele I Ducatone (imprisoned by NGC)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]818275[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>FRANCE Charles X, Cardinal de Bourbon (&#039;King&#039; 1589-90)&nbsp; Double tournois 1590 Dijon mint</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818279[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818281[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is an interesting coin emanating from the French Wars of Religion between Catholics and Protestants.&nbsp; As many of you may know, Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon, was proclaimed king&nbsp; by the Catholic Holy League after the assassination of the Cathoiic Henri III on 2 August 1589, because his heir was a Protestant, Henri de Navarre (who would become Henri IV).&nbsp; Charles had already been imprisoned by Henri III on 23 December 1588 after the murder of Henri of Guise. His rival king, Henri IV, kept Charles in prison until his death on 9 May 1590 so he never actually ruled.&nbsp; However, the League continued to strike coins in his name up until 1598. Henri IV brought the wars to an end by turning Catholic with the famous phrase &quot;Paris is worth a Mass&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I may be allowed to go back a bit since I was out of town, here is a 1/4 ecu struck in the name of Charles at Riom, a rare mint, in 1594, four years after his death:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818290[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]818291[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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