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ANGLO-GALLIC COINS, 375with the coins of Henry VI, but there are severalothermanuscripts dealing with details, which now claimattention.The chief of these relate to the mint-marks of thevarious towns which struck coins for Henry.On December 12, 1422, the following mint-marks(" differances ") were decided on for the grand blanc 28 :Paris. A crown, in thfc place of the customary small cross.Tournai. A small tower.Arras. A lozenge.St. Quentin. A rowel or mullet.Chalons. A crescent.Troyes. A rose.Macon. A trefoil.Nevers. A star.Auxerre. A mill-rind (fer de moulin).Dijon. A little sun.Tournai never recognized Henry, and consequently nomint was established by him there. On the contrary,Charles himself established a mint at Tournai, where hestruck salutes in the year 1433. 29 It is interesting tonote that in the ordinances of Charles VII there is nomention made of an issue of salutes, but he strucksalutes both at Tournai and at Beauvais. The formertown was situatedin the middle of, and the latter closeto, the country occupied by Henry, and it is easy tounderstand that it was necessary for Charles VII tostrike coins there of a type and value to which the inhabitantsof those towns would be accustomed. Between1422 and 1435 Charles VII struck at Tournai a number28 Arch. Nat., registre dit : entre 2 ais f 159 r".29 Rev. num. fr., 1907, p. 515.