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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 3240848, member: 89314&quot;]Things are moving fast here.&nbsp; I would like to post my 1561 coin</p><p><br /></p><p>FRANCE Teston de Dauphiné of Charles IX but struck in name of his predecessor Henri II.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In the 16th century the French seemed to have trouble approving, producing and distributing dies with the bust of a new king.&nbsp; Mints continued to strike coins with the busts of the previous king. Henri II died in July 1559. His son, François II, died at the age of 17 , perhaps from meningitis, after reigning for only 17 months. The mint had not got around to producing a new design and all the coins of his reign were struck in his father&#039;s name.&nbsp; (However, he had married Mary, Queen of Scots, at the age of 15 and the more efficient Scots struck a teston and half teston in 1560 in the name of Francis and Mary, although with no portraits).&nbsp; François II was succeeded by his brother Charles IX who ruled from December 1560 to May&nbsp; 1574. This time the process was quicker and the first coins in Charles&#039; own name were issued in late 1561. However, coins were also struck in his father Henri&#039;s name in 1560 and 1561 and in some mints even in 1562.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is one such coin, struck in 1561 in Toulouse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]848299[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]848301[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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