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1⁄12 Ecu of Bearn with insignia - Louis XIV
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1701-1702 |
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| Value | 1⁄12 Silver Ecu |
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| Obverse lettering | LVD.XIIII.D:G FR.ET.REX BD (Translation: Louis XIV by the grace of God king of France and Navarre, lord of Bearn.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Bearn was not simply a French province — it retained a distinct legal and monetary identity long after Henri IV united the Pyrenean territory with the French crown in 1607. Coins struck for Bearn carried their own references and were minted at Pau, one of the few provincial mints still authorized to produce silver for a specific regional jurisdiction this late in Louis XIV's reign.
The 1701–1702 dates place this issue at the opening of the War of the Spanish Succession, when French mint production was under enormous fiscal strain supplying a military campaign that would consume the kingdom for over a decade.