Definition

• The name given to a base silver coin originally struck in France during the sixteenth century and more or less circulated in the neighboring coun- tries. A Douzain of Henri IH counter stamped i.h.s., probably for Geneva, is so called, and the name is also given to pieces of six Blanques issued by Henri IV.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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