Examples of French coins recovered from the survivor camp sites.
French Coins
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Examples of French coins recovered from the survivor camp sites. All are silver douzain from the reign of Henry II (1547-1559). Left: Minted at Saint-André de Villeneuve-les-Avignon in 1550. Center: Minted at Rennes in 1552. Right: Minted at Lyon in 1550. Note that the coins, which typically measure between 2.25 and 2.5 centimeters in diameter, are not reproduced to exactly the same scale.

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