½ Louis d'Or - Louis XVI
Features
| Issuer |
France
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Louis XVI (1774-1792)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1775-1784 |
| Value | ½ Gold Louis |
| Currency | Livre tournois (1204-1795) |
| Composition | Gold (.917) |
| Weight | 4.08 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 362955 |
| References | KM# 573 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Jean Duplessy; 1999. Les monnaies françaises royales. Maison Platt, Paris, France (2 volumes). Francesco Pastrone, Christian Charlet; 2018. Monnaies royales françaises de Louis XIII à Louis XVI / Volume 2: 1610-1792 (5th Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco. Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes). Louis Ciani, Jules Florange (ed.); 1926. Les Monnaies royales françaises de Hugues Capet à Louis XVI. Jules Florange, Bergerac, France. Arnaud Clairand; 2023. Monnaies Royales Françaises et de la Révolution: 1610-1794 = French Royal and Revolutionary Coins. Les Chevau-Légers, Paris, France. |
Obverse
Uniformed bust left.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LUD • XVI • D • G • FR • ET NAV • REX •
DUVIV
Engraver: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier
Reverse
Crowned arms of France and Navarre in ovals.
Script: Latin
Lettering: CHRS • REGN • VINC • IMPER 1775
Engraver: Pierre-Benjamin Duvivier
Mints
| A | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
| I | Limoges, France (?-1837) |
| L | Bayonne, France (?-1837) |
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1775 A | 585 | KM# 573.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
KM# 573.1 | ||||||||||||
| 1776 L | 683 | KM# 573.3Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
KM# 573.3 | ||||||||||||
| 1777 A | KM# 573.1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1777 I | 2 241 | KM# 573.2Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
KM# 573.2 | ||||||||||||
| 1784 A | 766 | KM# 573.1Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
KM# 573.1 | ||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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Bullion value: USD 536.52
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Actual gold weight: 0.120 oz
Current gold price: 4460.28 USD/oz (see gold price 
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