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Ecu aux Lunettes

A nickname used to designate a type of Louis d'Or, struck by Louis XVI in 1777 and later. The two shields of France and Navarre on the reverse were supposed to resemble a pair of spectacles.

The Louis aux Lunettes was of the same design. See Brillenthaler.


See Also: Louis aux Lunettes
Source: Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)
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