1⁄12 Ecu of France of Bearn - Louis XV
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XV (1715-1774)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1721 |
| Value | 1⁄12 Silver Ecu |
| Currency | Livre tournois (1204-1795) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 2.040 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 508182 |
| References | KM# 464 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes). Frédéric Droulers; 2009. Répertoire général des monnaies de Louis XIII à Louis XVI (4th Edition). Nomis-Arts-France, La Rochelle, France. Louis Ciani, Jules Florange (ed.); 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France. |
Series: Écus de France
Obverse
Juvenile bust of Louis XV right, laureate, draped and cuirassed.
Script: Latin
Lettering: LUD • XV • D • G • FR • ET • NA • RE • BD
Unabridged legend: Ludovicus XV Dei Gratia Franciae et Navarrae Rex Bearnae Dominus
Translation: Louis XV King of France and Navarre, Lord of Bearn by the grace of God.
Engraver: Norbert Roettiers
Reverse
Crowned Shield of France.
Script: Latin
Lettering: SIT • NOMEN • DOMINI • BENEDICTUM • 1721
Unabridged legend: Sit Nomen Domini Benedictum
Translation: Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Engraver: Norbert Roettiers
Edge
Corded
Mint
| 🐄 | Pau, France |
Comments
Legal tender 15 sols tournois, following the edict of September 1720.
All are reformed blanks, indicated by a trefoil (♣) under the bust of the King.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1721 🐄 | |||||||||||||||
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