¹⁄₁₂ Ecu - Louis XV
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XV (1715-1774)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 1720-1723 |
| Value | 15 Sols = 1⁄12 Ecu = ¾ Livre |
| Currency | Livre tournois (987-1795) |
| Composition | Silver (.917) |
| Weight | 2.040 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 16475 |
| References |
Dy royales# 1669,  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.  Louis Ciani; 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France. |
Obverse
Juvenile 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 • BENEDICTUM • 1721
Translation: Blessed be the name of the Lord
Engraver: N. Röettiers
Edge
Corded
Mints
| & | Aix-en-Provence, France |
| 9 | Rennes, France |
| A | Paris, France (600-1973) |
| AA | Metz, France (?-1803) |
| B | Rouen, France (?-1858) |
| BB | Strasbourg, France (?-1870) |
| C | Caen, France |
| D | Lyon, France (?-1858) |
| E | Tours, France |
| G | Poitiers, 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 |
| P | Dijon, France |
| Q | Perpignan, France (?-1837) |
| 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 |
| ϽϹ | Besançon, France |
Comments
Legal tender 15 sols tournois, following the edict of September 1720
Reformed blanks are identified by a trefoil (♣) under the bust of the King.
Bust of the shield of France:
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||
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| 1720 9 | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1720 A | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1720 C | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
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| 1720 Q | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1720 R | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1720 T | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1720 V | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1720 W | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1720 Y | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 9 | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 A | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 AA | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 B | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 BB | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 C | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 D | |||||||||||||
| 1721 D | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 E | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 H | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 I | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 K | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 M | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 N | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 O | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 P | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 R | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 S | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 T | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 W | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 X | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 Y | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1721 Z | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 & | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 9 | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 A | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 B | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 C | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
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| 1722 D | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
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| 1722 E | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 G | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 H | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 I | |||||||||||||
| 1722 K | ♣ - reformed blank ; overdate 2/1 | ||||||||||||
| 1722 M | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 R | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 S | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 T | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 V | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 W | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 Z | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1722 ϽϹ | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1723 & | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1723 9 | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1723 C | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1723 L | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
| 1723 R | ♣ - reformed blank | ||||||||||||
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