LOUIS XVI - FIFTH OF A SHIELD WITH OLIVE BRANCHES - 1778- PARIS

Details

Weight	5.88 grams
Fineness Gold	917 ‰
Diameter	25.6 mm
Year	1778
Period	Royale française
Workshop	Paris
Face value	Cinquième d’écu aux branches d'olivier
Striking	Of 1775 at 1790
Draw	86 790
Conservation status	TTB
Metal	Silver
Slice	Corded
Corner axis	6
Political authority	Louis XVI (1774-1793)
Books	Droulers 5/811

LOUIS XVI - Fifth of a shield with olive branches - 1778- Paris

PRICE AND VALUE OF LOUIS XVI - FIFTH OF A SHIELD WITH OLIVE BRANCHES - 1778- PARIS

YOU BUY	Net unit price
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DESCRIPTION
USERS QUESTIONS

Expert analyse

Nice copy with a well-centred strike

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

OBVERSE :

Description: Bust of Louis XVI on the right wearing an embroidered jacket of the Order of the Holy Spirit

Caption: LUD. XVI. D. G. FR. ET NAV REX. (Louis XVI, by the grace of God, King of France and Navarre)

REVERSE :

Description: Crowned shield of France. Workshop letter below

Caption: SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM 1778 (Be it the name of the lord)

HISTORY :

Unlike the ecus, which were demonetised much later, the fifths of ecus were demonetised by the decree of 25 Thermidor Year XII (12 August 1804).

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