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Gold Louis with wig and eight Ls - Louis XIV
Issuer | France |
Year | 1658 |
Type | Standard circulation
coins |
Value | 1 Gold Louis |
Currency | Livre tournois (987-1795) |
Composition | Gold (.917) |
Weight | 6.69 g |
Dimensions | |
Thickness | |
Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Engraver(s) | |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | Dy royales#1432, Ciani#1795 |
Obverse description | Elderly head to the right of the king, wearing a laurel wig. |
Obverse script | Latin |
Obverse lettering | LVD.XIII.D.D.FR.ET.NAV.REX
1668 |
Reverse description | Cross formed of eight leaning Ls, each arm crowned, with workshop letter in heart within a circle, cantoned by four lilies diverging from the center. |
Reverse script | Latin |
Reverse lettering | .CHRS.
.REGN. .VINC. .IMP. |
Edge | |
Mint | A Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
Mintage | 1658 A - -
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Catalog ID | 1589789850 |
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