W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent

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The Coins of Europe
common with Mehun-sur-Yevre. Types similar to those of Blois and
Chartres. The coinage bears evidence of the monetary unity.
Chalon-sitr-Saone, a mint of Charles le Chauve (864), of the Counts or
Dukes of Burgundy, of Hugues IV., Duke of Burgundy (1218-78), and of
the feudal counts, ioth-i3th c. The fief was united to Burgundy in 1237.
Cabilo Civis. A m.m. of the early Dukes of Burgundy was a B.
Chalons-siir-Marne, a place of Austrasian coinage, and subsequently
an episcopal mint, established by a concession from Charles le Chauve
in 865, the year after the Edict of Pitres, through the good offices of his
queen, Irmintrude. The act was confirmed in 877 and (by a papal bull)
in 1107. The productions of this mint, the low values only, were current
not only within the diocese but elsewhere, by reason of their superiority
of quality. In 1131 the Bishop of Verdun directed on this express account
the sole currency of the Chalons coinage in his own jurisdiction for fifteen
years, possibly receiving consideration from his brother prelate. Ca.,
Cathalavni, Catalavnis, or Catalani.
Chambe'ry, Savoy, a mint of the Counts of S. from the I3th c.
Charenton, Bourbonnais, a seigniorial fief, 1 2th- 1 3th c., amalgamated
with Sancerre. Deniers copied from the Nevers, Besan^on, La Marche,
and Viennois types. Ciarentonis, D. Char. Dns. Carenton, etc. After
the union of Sancerre, the coins read Charet. [on rev.] I\ohannes\ C\pmes\
DC Sancerre. Another, of Etienne III., 1280, has Ste. de Cancere, and
on rev. De Charento Mon.
Charleville, Ardennes, a mint of the seigneurs of Chateau-Renaud in
the 1
7th c. Charlev. or Carolopoli Cus.
Chartres, the seat of an early coinage with the regal title on obv. and
the name of the city on rev. A denier of this type bears Carlvs Rex and
Carnotis Civitas, with the temple as an adjunct. Thibaut I. Le Tricheur,
Count of Blois, Chartres, and Tours, and his successors, appropriated the
emoluments of the mint, and struck deniers of a Carlovingian character
similar to the early Tours type with the rude, bust and pieces resembling
the baronial coinage of Blois, with Curtis Cii'itas. The independent
series must have concluded with Charles II. de Valois, 1325-46,
second of the royal line of counts, who signed himself K. Kom, and who
surrendered his rights to the Crown in or about 1346. As early as 1305
Charles had been consulted by Philip le Bel, his uncle, on the subject of
a correction of abuses in the currency but ; it appears that he was one of
the offenders. Comp. Blots.
Chateaubelin, Dept. of Jura, a mint about 1341-50 of Jean de Chalon,
Comte d'Auxerre and de Tonnerre, who also struck money at Orgelet,
another place within the Burgundian frontier and the See of Vienne.
Billon or monnaie noire only. Comp. Orgelet.
Chateaudun, near Blois, a place of seigniorial coinage, at first probably
in association with the Counts of Blois, on whom the Viscounts of C. were
dependent. Dunis Castll:, Dunio Stili, or Castri Duni. One of the
heiresses of C., Alix de Clermont-Neelle, married Guillaume, second son
of the Count of Flanders, but retained the monetary right in her own
hands ;
for a document of 1315 speaks of "la monnoie de Chastiau-Dun
qui est a ma dame de Neelle." It is doubtful whether the independent
currency survived the escheat of the viscounty to the Crown about
1325.
Chateau-Landon, Seine-et-Marne, a mint of Philip
I. and Louis VI.,
Kings of France (1060-1137).
Chateaumeillant, Dept. of Cher, France, the seat of an early seigniorial