Louisidor ( fr. Louis d'or - golden Louis, Louis) - French gold coin of the XVII-XVIII centuries.
First released in 1640 during the time of Louis XIII . The prototype of the new coins was the Spanish doubloons , who received the name pistol in France. For a long time, the names Luidor and Pistole were synonymous.
Luidor was minted from 917 gold , the weight of the coin was 6.751 g, diameter - 26 mm.
Coins were also minted in a half-louis, two loudes, as well as 4, 8 and 10 louis.
At the beginning of the XVIII century, the weight of the Louisidor slightly increased - up to 8.158 g; subsequently, the weight and diameter of the coin changed several times. A coin weighing 9.79 g became a record louis.
There is a wide variety of louis divers.
Luidor was minted before the French Revolution and the transition to the decimal system: in 1795, the franc became the main monetary unit of the Revolutionary France.
France continued to issue gold coins with a Luidor stop until 1803 (a gold 20-franc coin), when instead they began to mint gold napoleon .
See also
- Ecu (coin)