FRANCE - LOUIS XV - 1/4 ÉCU VERTUGADIN 1716 RIOM - PCGS MS64

Louis XV (1715-1774), 1/4 écu vertugadin 1716 struck at Riom.

Obverse: bust of the child Louis XV right, with flared drapery and cuirass, legend LVD XV D G FR ET NAV REX. Reverse: crowned round shield of France, legend SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM and date 1716. Mint letter O (Riom) below the shield.

Very attractive reformation on a 1/4 écu of 1711, of which only the date remains visible. An example that has barely circulated, grey cabinet toning with bluish highlights. Rare mint. Mint State.

Note: this 1/4 écu was reformed, that is, restruck on an earlier coin, here a 1/4 écu of 1711 whose impression still shows through in places. This practice, common during the recoinages of the early reign of Louis XV, gives each example a history of its own. The type owes its nickname "vertugadin" to the widely flared drapery of the young king, which evokes the vertugadin, or farthingale, the padded roll worn under court gowns.