Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Louis d’or
The Louis d’or edit
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- Reason
- High quality, high EV (presented as a set). In 1640 Louis XIII of France issued a new type of gold coin, the Louis d'or. For roughly the next 150 years these coins circulated during the reign of Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI. This set contains four Louis d'or, each depicting one of the Louis mentioned above.
- Original
- A complete set of the four Kings of France depicted on the Louis d'or.
- Articles in which these images appear
- Louis XIII of France, Louis XIV of France, Louis XV of France, Louis XVI of France, and (all) in Louis d'or
- FP category for this image
- Currency
- Creator
- Kingdom of France (1640–1793)
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History.
The four Louis depicted on the Louis d’or
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Louis XIII
Half Louis d'or (1643) -
Louis XIV
One Louis d’or (1709)
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- Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 07:26, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
- Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:26, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
- Support great hair from all them; sometimes I wish my hair could be as full-bodied and lustrous as that of a King Louis; that's why I take Marie Antoinette's Head & Shoulders into the shower. Belle (talk) 00:07, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
- Support Jee 10:06, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
- Support --Tremonist (talk) 14:02, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 12:56, 13 September 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File: France 1643-A Half Louis d'Or.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:36, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:France 1709-A One Louis d'Or.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:36, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:France 1717 2 Louis d’or (Louis XV).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:36, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
Promoted File:France 1788 Louis d’or (Louis XVI).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 12:36, 16 September 2015 (UTC)