{"product_id":"france-louis-xiv-demi-louis-d-or-a-l-ecu-1690-paris-ngc-ms62-top-pop","title":"FRANCE - LOUIS XIV - DEMI-LOUIS D’OR À L’ÉCU 1690 PARIS - NGC MS62 - TOP POP","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-9a6add04-7fff-42a7-a50d-87b38a64660e\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eLouis XIV (1643-1715), demi-louis d’or à l’écu, 1690, struck at Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eObverse: mature laureate head of the king right, wearing a wig. Legend LVD XIIII D G FR ET NAV REX. Reverse: crowned arms of France with three fleurs-de-lis. Legend A SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM 1690, with a privy mark between DOMINI and BENEDICTVM. Mint letter A (Paris) opening the legend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWithout punctuation on the reverse. Perfect reformation, well centred. Minimal hairlines. Attractive golden colour. A coin extremely difficult to find in this state of preservation. Mint State.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eTop Pop: this is the finest graded example!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eNote: 1690 was the first year of the demi-louis d’or à l’écu, born of the reformation launched in late 1689 to finance the War of the League of Augsburg. The old half louis brought to the mints were not melted down: they were restruck with the new type and returned to circulation at a raised value. The half louis of this type is markedly scarcer than the louis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hugo Taittinger Numismatics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59114516480331,"sku":"A718.32","price":5227.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0976\/0345\/3259\/files\/Captured_ecran2026-11-03a14.11.59.png?v=1793711535","url":"https:\/\/taittingernumismatics.com\/en-au\/products\/france-louis-xiv-demi-louis-d-or-a-l-ecu-1690-paris-ngc-ms62-top-pop","provider":"Hugo Taittinger Numismatics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}