OBVERSE
Obverse legend : CAR. ET NIC. D. G DVC. LOTH. ET. B..
Obverse description : Alérion aux ailes éployées, sommé d'une couronne ducale coupant la légende en haut.
Obverse translation : (Charles et Nicole, par la grâce de Dieu, duc de Lorraine et de Bar).
REVERSE
Reverse legend : MONETA. NOVA. NANCEII..
Reverse description : Écu mi-parti au 1 de Lorraine, au 2 de Bar, sommé d'une couronne ducale coupant la légende en haut ; deux croix de Lorraine couronnées en accostement de l'écu.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle de Nancy).
COMMENTARY
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
LORRAINE - Duchy of Lorraine - CHARLES IV AND NICOLE
(1624-1625)
Nicole (1608-1657), daughter of Duke Henry had married his cousin Charles de Vaudemont (1604-1675) in 1621. On the death of his father, Nicole inherited the duchy jointly with her husband, but soon broke discord in the couple and Vaudemonts Francis (1572-1632), second son of Charles III and Charles IV's father, made his niece dispossess its profit November 26, 1625 and five days later abdicated in favor of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1626-1634, 1638/9 and 1661 to 1675). Nicole's reign lasted only fifteen months.