Watch List notes:

FRANCE, Royal. François I le Pére et Restaurateur des Lettres (the Father and Restorer of Letters). 1515-1547. AV Écu d'or au soleil (25mm, 3.43 g, 2h). Toulouse mint; mm: pellet under 5th letter. 3rd emission, authorized 21 July 1519. Crowned coat-of-arms; soleil above / Cross fleurée with quatrefoil at center; alternating lis and Fs in quarters. Duplessy 775; Ciani 1073; Friedberg 342. Minor ghosting. VF.