Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1633 2 tournois

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Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 901

This specimen was lot 901 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $72. The catalog description[1] noted, "FRANCE: CUGNON: Jean-Thierry de Lowenstein, 1611-1644, AE 2 tournois, 1633, weak rims, also listed as KM-20 under Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort, F-VF, R." Cugnon is a village in Belgium in the province of Luxembourg. Being a border town, it would have been easy for its lord to strike unauthorized coinage imitating that of a larger neighbor, i.e., France. Louis XIII was at that time issuing large quantities of copper double tournois, which were imitated by many border lords, most notably Nevers-Rethel. Löwenstein-Wertheim proper is on the Tauber river near Wurzburg. The SCWC lists this type for 1633-35 and 1643.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: PdA-6373 var., cf. Boud-1856, KM 20 (listed under Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort).

Source:

  • Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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