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Louis XV Sou
French Colonial Issue
1721
Place of Use: New France (Canada), Louisiana, & West Indies; Mint: Rouen, France
Medium/Technique
Copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 25.5 mm, 6.00 gm (1 in., 0.21 oz.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.131
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 260; Breton 507; Willey 106
DescriptionObv: SIT · NOMEN · DOMINI · BENEDICTUM · around crowned monogram of two crossed "L's", the whole surrounded by a dentilated rim
Rev: COLONIES / FRANCOISES / (small horn) 1721 (spade) / B, the whole surrounded by a serrated rim
Edge: plain
Rev: COLONIES / FRANCOISES / (small horn) 1721 (spade) / B, the whole surrounded by a serrated rim
Edge: plain