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1/8 Ecu of Navarre - Louis XIV
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1648-1650 |
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| Value | 1/8 Silver Ecu |
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| Obverse description | A bold fleurdelisée cross occupies the center of the field, with fleurs-de-lis terminating each arm of the cross, struck in the hammered style characteristic of mid-seventeenth-century French coinage. A small central pellet or annulet marks the crossing point. The surrounding circular legend, rendered in Latin capitals, reads LVDOVICVS.XIIII.D.G FR NAVA.REX, identifying Louis XIV as King of France and Navarre by the grace of God. The flan is irregular in shape, as is typical of hammered silver coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse lettering | CTA.DEI.SVM.ID.Q.SVM.1648.O |
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Louis XIV was nine years old when this issue began. France was simultaneously fighting Spain under the Treaty of Westphalia negotiations and enduring the opening salvos of the Fronde — the aristocratic and parliamentary rebellion that would define the young king's early reign and ultimately harden his resolve toward absolute monarchy. Coin production during 1648–1650 was politically fraught; the Paris Parlement's refusal to register royal financial edicts directly disrupted fiscal operations across the French mints.
Navarre maintained its distinct coinage identity long after Henri IV united the crowns, a legal concession that persisted well into Louis XIV's reign before administrative consolidation erased it.