{"product_id":"france-louis-xiv-louis-d-or-a-la-meche-longue-1653-arras-ngc-au58-top-pop","title":"FRANCE - LOUIS XIV - LOUIS D’OR À LA MÈCHE LONGUE 1653 ARRAS - NGC AU58 - TOP POP","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-efc611a2-7fff-8533-c6ce-8712027f992e\"\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), louis d’or à la mèche longue, 1653, struck at Arras.\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: youthful laureate head of the king right, a long lock falling on the neck, date 1653 below. Legend LVD XIIII D G FR ET NAV REX, with a ligated AR after D G. Reverse: cross of eight addorsed L’s in pairs, each arm topped by a crown breaking the legend, a fleur-de-lis in each angle; at the centre, within a circle, a rat. Legend CHRS REGN VINC IMP, for Christus regnat, vincit, imperat. Mint marks AR and rat (Arras).\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;\"\u003eMedal alignment. Very slightly off-centre strike. Magnificent mint lustre. Fairly rare. In our opinion, a coin that would merit MS62. About Uncirculated.\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: taken from Spain in 1640, Arras was still a contested frontier stronghold in 1653: the following year, Spanish forces led by Condé laid siege to it. Its mint struck only 600 louis d’or à la mèche longue that year. They bear two marks proper to the city: the ligated AR in the obverse legend and, at the heart of the reverse cross, the rat, the canting emblem of Arras.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hugo Taittinger Numismatics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59113560637771,"sku":"A568.6","price":3737.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0976\/0345\/3259\/files\/Captured_ecran2026-11-03a12.24.49.png?v=1793705167","url":"https:\/\/taittingernumismatics.com\/en-ch\/products\/france-louis-xiv-louis-d-or-a-la-meche-longue-1653-arras-ngc-au58-top-pop","provider":"Hugo Taittinger Numismatics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}