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Liard of Aix - Louis XV
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 1767-1772 |
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| Weight | 3.05 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned coat of arms of France, consisting of three fleurs-de-lis on a shield surmounted by the royal crown, occupies the center of the field. The mint workshop mark appears in the exergue below the shield. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design, identifying the king as Rex of France and Navarre, with the date incorporated into the legend. The composition is simple and heraldic, consistent with standard French copper coinage of the period. |
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The Aix mint — operating under the mark "&" during this period — produced liards for local circulation in Provence at a time when small copper coinage was chronically short across southern France. Louis XV's administration repeatedly struggled to keep low-denomination copper in circulation; pieces were hoarded, melted, or simply worn to illegibility within years of issue. The Aix liards of this emission are consequently scarcer than their production numbers might suggest.