FRANCE ECU 1647 H Louis XIV. One of only 43,394 pcs. struck at the La Rochelle mint! Sehr Schön+

1647-H, Royal France, Louis XIV. Silver Ecu (French Dollar) Coin. . La Rochelle!

Mint Year: 1649
Mintage: 43,394 pcs.
Mint Place: La Rochelle (H)
Denomination: Ecu (French Dollar)
References: Davenport 3799, Gadoury 202, KM-155.7.
Condition: Minor deposits, light fricion in fields, otherwise a nice XF!
Material: Silver (.917)
Weight: 27.05gm
Diameter: 40mm


Obverse: Laureated and draped bust of of the Sun King ("le Roi Soleil") - Louis XIV right.
Legend: LVD . XIIII . D : G . - . FR . ET . NAV . REX .

Reverse: Crowned royal shield with French arms (three lis symbols). Mint letter (H) below.
Legend: SIT . NOMEN . DOMINI . H (privy mark: heart) BENEDICTVM . I647 (privy mark: diamond)




Louis XIV (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715) ruled as King of France and of Navarre. He ascended the throne a few months before his fifth birthday, but did not assume actual personal control of the government until the death of his prime minister (Premier ministre), the Italian Jules Cardinal Mazarin, in 1661. Louis remained on the throne until his death in September 1715, four days before his seventy-seventh birthday. His reign lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days, the longest documented for any European monarch to date.

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