1 Écu - Louis XV

Features

Issuer	France
King	Louis XV (1715-1774)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1720-1724
Value	120 Sols = 6 Pound Tournois = 1 Ecu
Currency	Livre tournois (987-1795)
Composition	Silver (.917)
Weight	24.475 g
Diameter	38 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 16476 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	Dy royales# 1665a, 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. GadR# 319 Francesco Pastrone, Christian Charlet; 2018. Monnaies royales françaises : Louis XIII à Louis XVI, 1610-1712 : cuivre, billon, argent, or. Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco.

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

Reverse

Coat of arms with 3 fleur-de-lys surmounted by a royal crown.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SIT • NOMEN • DOMINI • BENEDICTUM • 1721

Translation: Blessed be the name of the Lord

Edge

Inscribed

Script: Latin

Lettering: DOMINE ⚜ SALVUM ⚜ FAC ⚜ REGEM

Translation: God saves the king

Mints

Comments

Legal tender for 9 livre tournois, issued following the reformation edict of September 1720 (♣ under the bust of the King), then on new blank following the edict of August 1723 for the years 1723 and 1724.

After the economic upheavals caused by the bankruptcy of the Law system, in the autumn of 1720 a period of consolidation and reorganization began which lasted no less than 5 years.

The judgment of September 30, 1720 removed legal tender from the denominations of 1,000 and 10,000 pounds and fixed the reimbursement of 100-pound notes at 30 pounds in cash. But this commitment could not be kept. On October 10, a second stop definitively removed all value from tickets from November 1.

Bust of the shield of France:

See also

• Monarch
• Coat of Arms
• Wreath
• Fleur-de-lis

• ¹⁄₁₂ Ecu - Louis XV
• ⅙ Ecu - Louis XV
• ½ Ecu - Louis XV
• ⅓ Ecu - Louis XV

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Numista Rarity index: 87

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Bullion value: USD 16.83

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