Lixheim 1634 2 tournois
This specimen was lot 1626 in Jean Elsen sale 156 (Brussels, September 2023), where it sold for €170 (about US$218 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"FRANCE, PHALSBOURG ET LIXHEIM, Principauté, Henriette de Lorraine-Vaudémont (1630-1635), Cu double tournois, 1634. D/ B. à d. R/ Champ semé de lis sous un lambel. Rare. Très Beau. (France, principality of Phalsbourg and Lixheim, Henriette de Lorraine-Vaudémont, 1630-65, copper double tournois of 1634. Obverse: bust right; reverse: field with fleurs-de-lys. Rare, Very Fine.)"
Henriette de Lorraine-Vaudémont (1605–1660) was the third child of Francis II of Lorraine; she married Louis de Lorraine, Prince of Lexin, son of Louis II, Cardinal of Guise, and had no issue; she later ruled in Pfalzburg/Phalsbourg. Lixheim is today an extremely obscure locale in eastern France, a commune of less than a thousand souls. It is not listed in the SCWC.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 2,38 g.
Catalog reference: KM unlisted, Flon 811, 15; P.A. 6274.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Elsen, Philippe, et al., Vente Publique 156, Collection de Monnaies de la Principauté de Liège, Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils S.A., 2023.
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