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1 Sol - Louis XV Round shield
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1766-1773 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of an aged Louis XV facing right, rendered in the classical style by engraver C-R. Röettiers. The king's hair is dressed in loose curls falling to the nape of the neck, surmounted by a laurel wreath. The circumferential Latin legend commences at approximately the seven o'clock position and reads LUDOV• XV• D• GRATIA•. A mint mark appears at the base of the bust below the truncation. |
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| Mintage | 1766 & - - 1767 & - - 1768 & - - 1769 & - - 1770 & - - 165,166 1771 & - - 1772 & - - 662,400 1773 & - - |
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The sols à l'écu — this type among them — were introduced under the monetary reform of 1738 and remained the principal copper denomination of the Ancien Régime into the 1770s. Production was distributed across multiple provincial mints, and the mint mark on any given piece determines its origin from a list of facilities that includes Pau, Bordeaux, Lyon, and others, each with its own output consistency and survival rate. The Paris house oversaw the standard but did not always strike the largest quantities.
By 1771, chronic copper shortages and the ongoing fiscal strain of Louis XV's later reign were already disrupting regular coinage schedules at several mints.