FRANCE / CAPETIANS - FRANCE / ROYAL Charles IX (1560-1574). Essai du denier tournois ND (before 1569), Lyon. Av. + CAROLVS. VIIII. D: G. FRAN REX. two lilies within a trilobe flanked by three annelets. Rv. + SIT. NOMEN. DNI. BENEDIC (different) (trefoil). Cross within a quatrefoil ringed, cantoned by four small trefoils. LP.939; Silver - 1.29 g - 19 mm - 1 h This is the second highest grade! From the Paul Bordeaux collection, Rollin et Feuardent sale, 28-30 November 1927, no. 1029. PCGS XF45 (60810939). The blank is slightly irregular. The wear is light and regular. Superb.