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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 24628143, member: 110226&quot;]Yes, the OP coin was struck over an earlier Louis XIV Écu, called reformation by collectors. This was a wide spread practice by the mints in the 1690s and later, a quick way to revalue coins without going through the process of melting, manufacturing flans and minting new coins.&nbsp; With continuous wars involving France, and the economic impact, shortcuts were used to address the chronic inflationary impacts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a link to a brief synopsis of the reformation coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.moneymuseum.com/en/coins?&amp;id=842" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.moneymuseum.com/en/coins?&amp;id=842" rel="nofollow">https://www.moneymuseum.com/en/coins?&amp;id=842</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And, here is one of my Louis XIV coins, a pre-reformation coin of 1652.</p><p><br /></p><p>France, Louis XIV, Écu, 1652 A (Paris).&nbsp; Child bust.</p><p>Davenport 3799</p><p>27.18 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1566246[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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