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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 176231, member: 283&quot;]Indeed, many mints continued to produce the coinage of Henri III after his death in 1589 due to the problems concerning his succession (`La Ligue&#039; / Cardinal Charles X de Bourbon etcetera). Limoges appears to have stopped producing HIII coinage in 1591 in favour of that of HIIII....or so I believe.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a well used portrait half franc of Henri III clearly dated 1593 from Toulouse mint (M mint mark). It was issued under Antoine, Grand Master of `La Ligue&#039;. If you didn&#039;t know the background history you would think that it was either a mint error or a counterfeit.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Getting back to the coin in question though, Doug also seems to have had difficulty in finding evidence of Limoges having produced 1/4 ecus in 1585. Similarly for Bayonne which therefore begs the question `what have we here?&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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