LOUIS XVIII First Restoration May 3, 1814 - March 20, 1815 - Lot 274

LOUIS XVIII First Restoration May 3, 1814 - March 20, 1815 LOUIS XVIII KING OF FRANCE. His bust on the left. On the edge of the arm, Tiolier embossed. R/. PIECE DE 5 FRANCS. Shield of France crowned between two branches of laurel. Underneath, between a rooster and the mint letter. Edge debossed with DOMINE SALVUM FAC REGEM. ♦ Gad 591 5 Francs argent 1814 Paris (25.00 g) Mirror blank. Superb. Louis XVIII was born on November 17, 1755 in Versailles as Louis Stanislas Xavier, Comte de Provence (1755-1795). He was King of France and Navarre from April 6, 1814 to March 20, 1815, during the 100 Days, then from July 8, 1815 to his death in Paris on September 16, 1824. From the House of Bourbon, grandson of King Louis XV, fourth son of the Dauphin Louis and the Dauphine née Marie Josèphe de Saxe, and younger brother of Louis XVI, he was called "Monsieur" when the latter became king.