France Liard au buste âgé hybride Undated Montpellier Louis XIV, Montpellier, Copper EF(40-45)

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Bust of Louis XIV on the right, cuirassed, wearing a large wig., Value written in three lines, below the mint letter N between three lis posed 2 and 1., Extremely rare specimen of the liard of France "hybrid" type, struck on the obverse with a die of the 1/12 écu with palms, thus undated (yet estimated between 1693-1698). It is the copy illustrated in the C2G (page 318). The strike is well centered with almost complete beading, the coin is covered with a nice dark patina. There are a few scratches in the right field and a heart-shaped dent behind the king's head. Pedigre: abbé Thilliez collection., LVD·XIII·D·G✷FR·ET·NAV REX·, LIARD DE·FRANCE

 

Deutsch abbrev.	Deutsch Erhaltungsgrade	Englisch  Grades der Kühlung	Französisch États de  Erhaltung	Italienisch Stati di  conservazione
PP	Polierte Platte	Proof (PRF)	Flan bruni (FB)	Beweis
st	Stempelglanz, stempelfrisch	Stempelglanz (MS65-MS70)	Fleur de coin (FDC)	Fior di conio
-unz	fast unzirkuliert	Almost uncirculated (AU)
vz	Vorzüglich	Vorzüglich (EF oder XF)	Superbe (SUP)	Splendido
ss	Sehr schön	Sehr fein (VF)	Très Très beau (TTB)	Bellissimo
s	Schön	Fine (F)	Très beau (TB)	Molto bello

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