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1/10 Ecu - Louis XV
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1740-1771 |
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| Currency | Livre tournois (987-1795) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Louis XV facing left, with long flowing hair tied at the nape with a ribbon, rendered in the refined Baroque style of engraver Röettiers. The truncation of the neck is visible at the lower field, with a small privy mark below. The circular legend reads LUD. XV. D. G. FR. ET NAV. REX., separated by pellets, running along the toothed border. |
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| Reverse description | Central oval shield bearing the French royal arms of three fleurs-de-lis, surmounted by a royal crown with pendants, and flanked by two symmetrical laurel and oak branches tied at the base. The mint mark 'A' (Paris) appears below the central device. The circular legend SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM, with the date 1749, runs along the toothed border. |
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The 1/10 écu denomination was introduced as part of the monetary reform of 1726 under John Law's successor system, fixing silver coinage to stable weight-fineness relationships that held remarkably well through most of Louis XV's reign. Production ran across multiple French mints simultaneously, with Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, and a dozen others striking to the same standard — making mint mark attribution the primary variable distinguishing individual pieces.
The thirty-one year production window encompasses at least two distinct portrait types, catalogued separately in Droulers and traceable through die progression work by later specialists.