FRANCE - LOUIS XIII - ÉCU D’OR AU SOLEIL 1632 AMIENS - PCGS MS62 - TOP POP

Louis XIII (1610-1643), écu d’or au soleil, with annulated cross fleurdelisée, 1632, struck at Amiens.

Obverse: crowned arms of France beneath a sun. Legend X LVDOVICVS XIII D G FRAN ET NAV REX. Reverse: cross annulated and fleurdelisée. Legend CHRISTVS REGNAT VINCIT ET IMP 1632. Mint letter X (Amiens) in the obverse legend.

Retains a good part of its original lustre. Scarce date. Mint State.

Top Pop: this is the only graded example!

Note: heir to the écu au soleil created by Louis XI in 1475, the écu d’or remained the kingdom’s principal gold coin until the reform of 1640, which created the louis d’or. In 1632, the Amiens mint struck only 19,713 of them.