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1/2 Sol - Louis XVI
| Issuer | French Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1785-1786 |
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| Value | 1 Sizain (1⁄40 LT) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | FRANC. ET. NAV. RE. BD 1785 |
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The demi-sol of Louis XVI was produced under the monetary reforms that followed France's near-bankruptcy after its involvement in the American Revolutionary War — a conflict whose financing contributed directly to the fiscal crisis that would eventually topple the monarchy itself. By 1785, the royal treasury was so strained that Turgot's earlier copper coinage reforms had long since unraveled, and the mint system was lurching through successive reorganizations.
The Dy royales 1715 variety designation suggests a die difference from the primary type — worth cross-referencing against the specific mint mark, as multiple provincial mints struck this issue across 1785–86.