1⁄16 Ecu of Flanders with palm branches - Louis XIV

Louis XIV's 1693 monetary reform overhauled the entire French silver coinage system, introducing a standardized ecu family that ran from the full ecu down through fractional denominations. The 1/16 ecu was the smallest of these fractions — practical small change for a kingdom fighting the Nine Years' War on multiple fronts and badly needing fungible coinage at every level of commerce. Flanders, only partially under French control after a series of treaties and military campaigns, warranted its own regional type with the palm branch privy marks distinguishing its output from metropolitan mints.

The series ran until 1699, the year of the Treaty of Ryswick's economic aftermath fully settled into the monetary system.