Watch List notes:

France, Kingdom {Bourbon}, Louis XIV, 'le roi soleil' (1643-1715), Demi-Écu aux palmes, 1697-K, Bordeaux, "flan réformé", lys beneath bust (Duplessy 1524a; Droulers 412; Gad 185; Ciani 1895), traces of undertype {Demi-Ecu aux huit-L} visible across portrait, otherwise fine, the reverse better, a rare date for mint.