The Silver Dollars of '60
France Ecu, 1760

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Kingdom of France, écu au bandeau, La Rochelle mint. This type of silver dollar sized coin is 41mm, 29.488g and 91.7% silver.

Louis XIV outlived his son and grandson, so it was his great-grandson that became Louis XV. During the time when this coin was minted, France was embroiled in the wide ranging conflict known as the Seven Years' War, but better known to Americans as the French and Indian War, where the result shifted possession of large portions of French territories in North America to Great Britain and Spain.

Raw purchase from an eBay seller in Quebec in October of 2015.