FRANCE - LOUIS XVIII - 1 FRANC BARE HEAD 1817 PARIS - PCGS MS64

Louis XVIII (1814-1824), 1 franc bare head, 1817, struck at Paris.

Obverse: bare head of the king left, hair tied with a ribbon, signed MICHAUT F. below the neck, with the horse's head privy mark of the Engraver General beneath. Legend LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE. Reverse: 1 F either side of the crowned arms of France, between two laurel branches tied at their base. Date 1817 in exergue, between the Mint Master's rooster privy mark and the mint letter. Mint letter A (Paris).

Magnificent example with orange toning. Mint State.