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FRANCE - LOUIS XIV - 1/2 ÉCU 1643 PARIS - NGC AU58
- Condition: AU
- Grade: NGC AU58
- Date: 1643
- Mint: Paris
- Metal: Silver
- Weight (g): nc
- Diameter (mm): nc
- Reference(s): nc
- Rarity: R1
Louis XIV (1643-1715), 1/2 écu 1643 struck at Paris.
Obverse: childlike bust of Louis XIV right, laureate and draped, legend LVD XIIII D G FR ET NAV REX. Reverse: crowned shield of France, legend SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM and date 1643. Mint letter A (Paris) below the shield, rose privy mark specific to the Matignon workshop.
An evenly preserved example, slight wear on the high points, pleasing grey toning with golden highlights. About Uncirculated.
Note: 1643 is the year of the accession of Louis XIV, who came to the throne aged four on the death of his father Louis XIII in May. This 1/2 écu, struck in the name of LVD XIIII and bearing the childlike bust of the young king, is among the very first coins of the longest reign in French history.
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