½ Ecu - Louis XV
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XV (1715-1774)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 1720-1724 |
| Value | 25 Sols = 5⁄4 Livre Tournois = ½ Ecu |
| Currency | Livre tournois (987-1795) |
| Composition | Silver (.917) |
| Weight | 12.237 g |
| Diameter | 33 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number |
N# 16431
Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
|
| References |
Dy royales# 1666,  Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales / Tome 1 : de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI (987-1793) (2e édition). Maison Platt, Paris, France. And 1 more volumes.  Francesco Pastrone, Christian Charlet; 2018. Monnaies royales françaises : Louis XIII à Louis XVI, 1610-1712 : cuivre, billon, argent, or. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.  Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. |
Obverse
Bust of Louis XV right, laureate, draped and cuirassed
Script: Latin
Lettering: LUD • XV • D • G • FR • ET • NAV • REX
Unabridged legend: Ludovicus XV dei gratia Franciae et Navarrae rex
Translation: Louis XV king of France and Navarre by the grace of God
Engraver: N. Röettiers
Reverse
Crowned Shield of France
Script: Latin
Lettering: SIT • NOMEN • DOMINI • T • BENEDICTUM • 1722
Translation: Blessed be the name of the Lord
Engraver:
Norbert Roettiers 
Edge
Inscribed, punctuated with vine leaves.
Script: Latin
Lettering: DOMINE ⚜ SALVUM ⚜ FAC ⚜ REGEM
Translation: Lord, save the king
Mints
| & | Aix-en-Provence, France |
| 9 | Rennes, France |
| A | Paris, France (600-1973) |
| AA | Metz, France (?-1803) |
| B | Rouen, France (?-1858) |
| C | Caen, France |
| D | Lyon, France (?-1858) |
| E | Tours, France |
| H | La Rochelle, France (?-1837) |
| I | Limoges, France (?-1837) |
| K | Bordeaux, France (?-1880) |
| L | Bayonne, France (?-1837) |
| M | Toulouse, France (?-1837) |
| N | Montpellier, France |
| O | Riom, France |
| R | Orléans, France |
| S | Reims, France |
| T | Nantes, France (?-1837) |
| V | Troyes, France |
| W | Lille, France (1685-1858) |
| X | Amiens, France |
| Y | Bourges, France |
| Z | Grenoble, France |
Comments
Legal tender 4 livres 10 sols tournois, issued following the edict of September 1720.
The reformed blanks are identifiable by a trefoil (♣) under the bust of the King for the years 1720 to 1723.
For the years 1723 and 1724, the strikes were carried out on a new blank following the edict of August 1723.
Bust of the shield of France:
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||
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| 1720 A | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1720 W | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 & | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 9 | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 A | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 AA | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 B | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 C | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 D | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 E | |||||||||||||
| 1721 H | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 I | |||||||||||||
| 1721 K | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 L | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 M | |||||||||||||
| 1721 N | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 O | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 R | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 T | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 V | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 W | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 Y | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 Z | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 9 | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 A | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 B | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 D | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 E | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 O | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 R | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 T | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 V | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 W | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 X | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 Y | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 Z | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1723 D | |||||||||||||
| 1723 D | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1723 E | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1723 N | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1723 R | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1723 Z | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1724 S | |||||||||||||
| 1724 Y | |||||||||||||
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