Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. Louis XIV le Roi Soleil (the Sun King). 1643–1715. AR Demi-écu à la mèche longue (32mm, 13.65 g, 5h). Nantes mint. Dated 1654 T. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Crowned coat-of-arms. Duplessy 1470; cf. Ciani 1850; KM 164.1. Toned, light adjustment marks, die breaks and flaws. VF.

From the David J. Fleischmann Collection.