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ANGLO-GALLIC COINS. 197Cointe de Castellane arrives atcoinsCharles VI.his conclusion that thesewere struck by Charles the Dauphin,If these moutons were struckthe son ofby Henry V, they musthave been issued either at his mints of Kouen or St. L6,after the final conquest of Normandy and the organizationof the mints ;the fall of Kouen.or else at some temporary mint beforeKouen fell on January 19, 1419, and we have seen(p. 184) that Henry, after his entry into Kouen, orderedmoutons to be struck " in the form and manner in whichthey were made before our said conquest and entry."At the date of the fall of Kouen, moutons were beingstruck by Charles VI under a Koyal Ordinance datedOctober 21, 1417, which provided that, in order todistinguish them from the previous issue, they shouldhave on the obverse a little cross at the top of the staffbearing the flag,where formerly there was a trefoil, andon the reverse a little cross in one of the angles insteadof a fleur-de-lis.The mouton of the first issue of Henry V describedabove has a cross at the top of the staff bearing the flag.The leopard takes the place of the cross in one of theangles on the reverse.After September 25, 1419, all moutons bear an h inthe centre of the cross on the reverse (see p. 184). Theniouton of the second issue described above fulfilscondition.The moutons of both the firstthisand the second issuesbear a pellet below the 20th letters of the legends.This was the distinguishing mark for the mint ofKouen under Charles VI, and was continued by Henryfor some time.