View source for Lixheim 1633 2 tournois

[[Image:Lixheim JE135-828.jpg|550px|thumb|from Jean Elsen sale 135, lot 828]]
[[Image:Lixheim 1789.JPG|550px|thumb|Lixheim in 1789]]

This specimen was lot 828 in Jean Elsen sale 135 (Brussels, December 2017), where it sold for €170 (about US$236 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''FRANCE, PHALSBOURG ET LIXHEIM, Principauté, Henriette de Lorraine-Vaudémont (1630-1635), Cu double tournois, 1633. D/ B. à d. R/ Champ semé de lis. Rare. Très Beau.'' ([[France]], principality of Phalsbourg and Lixheim, Henriette de Lorraine-Vaudémont, 1630-35, copper double tournois of 1633. Obverse: bust right; reverse: field with fleurs-de-lys. Rare, very fine.)"</blockquote> 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 but quite scarce.

''Specification:'' copper, this specimen 2,40 g.

''Catalog reference:'' Flon 811, 12; P.A. 6272. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>Elsen, Philippe, et al., ''Vente Publique 135,'' Brussels: Jean Elsen et ses Fils, S.A., 2017..

''Link to:''
* [[Lixheim 1633 teston]]
* [[Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort 1633 2 tournois]]
* [[Lixheim 1634 2 tournois]]
* [[France 1635-StP denier tournois]]
* [[Avignon 1636 double tournois]]
* [[Nevers and Rethel 1636 double tournois]]
* [[Boisbelle-Henrichemont 1636-L 2 tournois]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1633]]
* return to coins of [[French royal coinage (to 1793)|Lorraine]]

[[Category:Base metal coinage of France]][[Category:Selections from Jean Elsen sale 135]]