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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;old49er, post: 2624505, member: 78229&quot;]<b>Louis XIV</b> (5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715)France. I think this is one of his oldest Medals. Dated 1644.He became King of France in 1643 at age 5. So he&#039;s 6 years old on this medal. Louis began his personal rule of France in 1661, after the death of his chief minister, the Italian Cardinal Mazarin.&nbsp; &nbsp; He ruled as the King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. He reigned for 72 years, 110 days, the longest of any monarch of a major country in the History of Europe. The engraver Jean Mauger spent most of his life making medals for King Louis. Spanning from being a child to his later years. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Mauger" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Mauger" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Mauger</a> [ATTACH=full]576306[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]576308[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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