Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXI 24-25 Mar 2021
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France, Kingdom. Louis XVIII AV 20 Francs. Royal Government in Exile. London mint, 1815 R. Designs by Pierre-Joseph Tiolier. LOUIS XVIII ROI DE FRANCE, bust to right, wearing the cord of the Order du Saint Esprit / PIECE DE 20 FRANCS, crowned coat-of-arms within laurel wreath, date and mintmarks below. Edge inscription: DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. KM 707; VG 1027; Friedberg 531. 6.42g, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private UK collection.
This issue is easily distinguished from the equivalent coins struck at Paris due to the London mintmarks on the reverse and the absence of Tiolier's signature on the obverse. It was struck during 1815 by the exiled King Louis XVIII in London for the most part to fund British troops in France. After the Battle of Waterloo and defeat of Napoleon, Louis XVIII returned to France to reclaim his throne and no longer required the use of the London mint. These coins were initially rejected by the French Treasury as counterfeits before it was agreed that they would be accepted but not put into circulation, instead they were put towards paying off the indemnity imposed on France in the Treaty of Paris 1815.
Extremely Fine.
From a private UK collection.
This issue is easily distinguished from the equivalent coins struck at Paris due to the London mintmarks on the reverse and the absence of Tiolier's signature on the obverse. It was struck during 1815 by the exiled King Louis XVIII in London for the most part to fund British troops in France. After the Battle of Waterloo and defeat of Napoleon, Louis XVIII returned to France to reclaim his throne and no longer required the use of the London mint. These coins were initially rejected by the French Treasury as counterfeits before it was agreed that they would be accepted but not put into circulation, instead they were put towards paying off the indemnity imposed on France in the Treaty of Paris 1815.