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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |France| > WO111007
France, Louis XVI, 10 May 1774 - 4 September 1791 A.D.
|France|, |France,| |Louis| |XVI,| |10| |May| |1774| |-| |4| |September| |1791| |A.D.|, At just 15 years old, Louis married the Austrian archduchess Marie Antoinette. When Louis became king at age 19, the French monarchy was was already deeply in debt. His support for the American Revolution and his extravagant spending brought France to the brink of bankruptcy. The inequalities of French society, the corruption of royal officials, and despair from widespread economic hardship resulted in the French Revolution. Louis XVI was guillotined on 21 Jan 1793. His wife, Marie Antoinette, was executed nearly 10 months later, on 16 Oct 1793. Louis’ death marked the end of over 1,000 years of a continuous French monarchy.
WO111007. Silver Ecu, SCWC KM 564.10, Duplessy 1708, Ciani 2187, Gadoury 356, aEF, lustrous in recessed areas, light tone, flan adjustment marks on rev., light marks, Toulouse mint, weight 29.356g, maximum diameter 41.4mm, die axis 0o, 1789; obverse LUD•XVI•D•G•FR•ET•NAV•REX• (LVDOVICVS XIII DEI GRATIA FRANCIAE ET NAVARRAE REX - Louis XIII by the grace of God king of France and of Navarre), bust of Louis XVI left, wearing an embroidered military jacket with the order of the Holy Spirit, hair tied at the nape of the neck with a ribbon, tiny B. DUVIV. F (engraver Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier) on base of bust, small crown (privy mark) below; reverse SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM*1789• (May the name of the Lord be Blessed), crowned arms of France, crowned oval shield with three lis, surrounded by wreath of two oak wreath, M (mintmark) below; the luster is not well captured by the photograph, ex Karl Stephens (Temple City, CA); SOLD











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